Gender and ethnic concentration and employment prospects for Mexican-American migrants

• Published in: Growth and change Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 23 - 43
• Main Authors: Shumway, J M, Cooke, T J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Kentucky,College of Business and Economics 1998; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Americas; Culture; Decision making; Demography; Developed Countries; Earnings; Economics; Emigration and Immigration; Employment; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Gender; Hispanic Americans; Households; Human capital; Interpersonal Relations; Labor economics; Labor force; Labor market; Manufacturing; Men; Migration; Minority & ethnic groups; North America; Occupations; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Race; Sex roles; Statistical analysis; Studies; Transients and Migrants; United States; Women; Americas; United States; North America; United States > US; Americas; Cultural Background; United States; Migration; North America; Economic Factors; Gender Issues; Northern America; Developed Countries; Ethnic Groups; Literature Review; Migrants; Employment; Population Characteristics; Population; Research Report; Demographic Factors; Hispanics; Macroeconomic Factors; Population Dynamics
• ISSN: 0017-4815; 1468-2257

The effects of migration on the employment of Mexican Americans are analyzed. Using the 1990 Public Use Microsample data for the empirical analysis, the effects are differentiated by gender and examined as to how localized concentrations of coethnics affect the returns to migration, after controlling for migration self-selection bias. The results suggest migration decreases the employment probabilities for married women with no significant effect for single women or men. A greater percentage of coethnics increases employment for all groups except single women.