The multiple logics of economic incorporation: Second -generation immigrants in the metropolitan New York labor market.
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Title
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The multiple logics of economic incorporation: Second -generation immigrants in the metropolitan New York labor market.
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Identifier
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AAI3144156
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identifier
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3144156
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Creator
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Zeltzer-Zubida, Aviva.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Philip Kasinitz
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Date
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2004
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Social Structure and Development | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Economics, Labor
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Abstract
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For the past several decades Metropolitan New York experienced major economic transformation while incorporating large numbers of immigrants. In order to better understand how labor market processes operate to incorporate a diverse urban labor force composed mainly of immigrants and minorities, this dissertation utilizes multiple data sources, adopts a wide theoretical scope and shifts the focus of analysis from assessing economic consequences to exploring how people experience and actively shape the labor market.;Using data from the "Second Generation in New York Project," which focuses on five second generation immigrant groups and three native groups of young New Yorkers, as well as the Current Population Survey, this dissertation explores several theoretical and empirical questions related to labor market segregation and immigrant incorporation. In general terms, this research is grappling with the question "Incorporation into what?" as a way to converge the discussion about first and second generation immigrants and their native born counterparts with the labor market they are part of.;Based on several measures of labor market segregation and concentration, intergenerational and intergroup comparisons, and various methods of multivariate analyses, this study suggest that: (a) the local labor market is dominated by a large service sector and a racially and ethnically diverse labor force composed of many immigrants and their children; (b) race and ethnicity are central and enduring factors, shaping the fates of all participants in New York's economy, be they new immigrants or second generation, whites or others; (c) racial and ethnic concentrations at the industry and firm level represent a significant experience among the studied groups; and (d) factors at the individual, organizational, industry and sector levels need to be considered in order to better understand labor market processes. Most importantly, the dissertation puts forth the "logics of incorporation" typology, which suggests that: (a) there is no reason to assume that co-ethnic work environments can be derived from concentration measures obtained at the industry level; and (b) that "mainstream" and "ethnic" economies cannot easily be distinguished. These findings invite scholars to revisit and rethink several assumptions, concepts and measures that inform our understanding of labor market segregation and immigrants' economic incorporation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
