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The Effect of Nativity, Ethnicity and Race on the Earnings of Cape Verdean Americans

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ID10430331
AuthorsModel (0000-0002-7876-521X, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003–9277, USA, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume40
Issue4
Pages425-448
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1007/s12114-013-9163-9
OpenAlexW2061494130
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

This paper estimates the net effects of nativity, ethnicity and race on the earnings of Cape Verdean Americans, a small, Afro-European group who speak a Portuguese-based Creole. While in their homeland, most Cape Verdeans identify as mestiço, but in America they are usually perceived as black. The data come from the 2000 US Census and the American Community Survey (2000–2007); Native Born Non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans serve as benchmarks. The results show that, controlling for pre-migration education, foreign birth is not a handicap; indeed, for women it is an advantage. Ethnicity too is never a handicap and occasionally an advantage. Race, on the other hand, penalizes males. Native born Cape Verdean men who identify as “Other”, “Black Other” or “Black” earn significantly less than NBNH Whites. On the other hand, regardless of racial identity, Native born Cape Verdean women earn at least as much as NBNH Whites. Finally, one subgroup of native born Cape Verdean men and women, those who identify racially as “Black”, earn slightly more than African Americans

American Community Survey · Business · Cape · Cape verde · Census · Creole language · Earnings · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Population · Portuguese · Race (biology · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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