Gender and Assimilation among Mexican Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23654611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francine D Blau (0000-0001-6646-3794), Lawrence M Kahn (0000-0001-5291-4304) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 57-106 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Mexican Immigration to the United States (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7208/chicago/9780226066684.003.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W3122025999 |
| ISBN | 9780226066684 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Source country patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico, strongly influence the outcomes and behavior of Mexican immigrants. On arrival in the United States, immigrant women have a higher incidence of marriage (spouse present), higher fertility, and much lower labor supply than comparable white natives; wage differences are smaller than labor supply differences, and smaller than comparable wage gaps for men. Immigrant women's labor supply assimilates dramatically: the ceteris paribus immigrant shortfall is virtually eliminated after twenty years. While men experience moderate wage assimilation, evidence is mixed for women. Rising education in the second generation considerably reduces raw labor supply (especially for women) and wage gaps with nonhispanic whites. Female immigrants' high marriage rates assimilate towards comparable natives', but immigrant women and men remain more likely to be married even after long residence. The remaining ceteris paribus marriage gap is eliminated in the second generation. Immigrants' higher fertility does not assimilate toward the native level, and, while the size of the Mexican American- white native fertility differential declines across generations, it is not eliminated. Francine D. Blau School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University 265 Ives Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-3901 and NBER [email protected] Lawrence M. Kahn School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University 264 Ives Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-3901 [email protected] I.
Ceteris paribus · Demographic economics · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Immigration · Labour economics · Political science · Population · Residence · Sociology · Spouse · Wage · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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Culture
Employment Among US Hispanics
Economic Assimilation of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States 1
Migration from Mexico to the United States
The transmission of women’s fertility, human capital, and work orientation across immigrant generations
Underemployment among Mexican-origin women
Who Remains Mexican? Selective Ethnic Attrition and the Intergenerational Progress of Mexican Americans
Mexican Immigrants, Labour Market Assimilation and the Current Population
Into the Mainstream? Labor Market Outcomes of Mexican-Origin Workers
A Tale of Two Contexts
Parental Origins, Mixed Unions, and the Labor Supply of Second-Generation Women in the United States
Identifying the Later-Generation Descendants of U.S. Immigrants
Assessing the Socioeconomic Mobility and Integration of U.S. Immigrants and Their Descendants
Mexican Women and Work on Both Sides of the U.S.-Mexican Border
Intersectionality at Work
Fertility in the context of Mexican migration to the United States
Shadow Labor
The Complexity of Immigrant Generations
Liminal Living
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |