Maude Toussaint-Comeau

• The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences

  Sherrie L W Rhine, William H Greene et al.•ARTICLE•The Review of Economics and…•2006

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  The roughly 9.1% of all U.S. families that are without some type of transaction account (unbanked) are disproportionately represented among minorities. The unbanked often must rely on alternative ways to carry out basic financial transactions such as cashing payroll checks and paying bills. This study analyzes unique survey data and finds that a consumer's decision to patronize check-cashing businesses is jointly made with the decision to be unba…

• The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences

  Sherrie L W Rhine, William H Greene et al.•ARTICLE•The Review of Economics and…•2006

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  The roughly 9.5 percent of all U.S. families that are without some type of transaction account (unbanked) are disproportionately represented by minorities.The unbanked often must rely on alternative ways to carry out basic financial transactions such as cashing payroll checks and paying bills.This study analyzes unique survey data and finds that a consumer's decision to patronize check-cashing businesses is jointly made with the decision to be un…

• The Occupational Assimilation of Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S: Evidence from Panel Data

  Open Access•Maude Toussaint‐Comeau, Maude Toussaint-Comeau•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•2006•Cited by: 14•References: 18

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  This study focuses on the occupational component of the labor market adjustment of Hispanic immigrants. The author asks whether Hispanic immigrants assimilate with natives and what factors influence occupational attainment. The findings suggest that years since migration narrow the socioeconomic gap between Hispanic immigrants, their U.S.-born Hispanic counterparts, and non-Hispanic whites. The level of human capital affects the rate of occupatio…

• The Occupational Assimilation of Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S: Evidence from Panel Data

  Open Access•Maude Toussaint‐Comeau, Maude Toussaint-Comeau•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•2006•Cited by: 14•References: 18

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  This study focuses on the occupational component of the labor market adjustment of Hispanic immigrants. The author asks whether Hispanic immigrants assimilate with natives and what factors influence occupational attainment. The findings suggest that years since migration narrow the socioeconomic gap between Hispanic immigrants, their U.S.-born Hispanic counterparts, and non-Hispanic whites. The level of human capital affects the rate of occupatio…

• The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences

  Sherrie L W Rhine, William H Greene et al.•ARTICLE•The Review of Economics and…•2006

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  The roughly 9.1% of all U.S. families that are without some type of transaction account (unbanked) are disproportionately represented among minorities. The unbanked often must rely on alternative ways to carry out basic financial transactions such as cashing payroll checks and paying bills. This study analyzes unique survey data and finds that a consumer's decision to patronize check-cashing businesses is jointly made with the decision to be unba…

• The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences

  Sherrie L W Rhine, William H Greene et al.•ARTICLE•The Review of Economics and…•2006

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  The roughly 9.5 percent of all U.S. families that are without some type of transaction account (unbanked) are disproportionately represented by minorities.The unbanked often must rely on alternative ways to carry out basic financial transactions such as cashing payroll checks and paying bills.This study analyzes unique survey data and finds that a consumer's decision to patronize check-cashing businesses is jointly made with the decision to be un…

• The Occupational Assimilation of Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S: Evidence from Panel Data

  Open Access•Maude Toussaint‐Comeau, Maude Toussaint-Comeau•ARTICLE•International Migration Review•2006•Cited by: 14•References: 18

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  This study focuses on the occupational component of the labor market adjustment of Hispanic immigrants. The author asks whether Hispanic immigrants assimilate with natives and what factors influence occupational attainment. The findings suggest that years since migration narrow the socioeconomic gap between Hispanic immigrants, their U.S.-born Hispanic counterparts, and non-Hispanic whites. The level of human capital affects the rate of occupatio…

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