Amon Emeka
Biographic Data
| ID | 88421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amon Emeka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amon |
| FAMILY NAME | Emeka |
| SIGNATURE | EMEKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Skidmore College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0179-9881 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Free and clear: National origins and progress toward unencumbered homeownership among post-civil rights era immigrants in the US
Homeownership has been a central part of community and wealth building strategies in the US, and prior research demonstrates that Post-Civil Rights Era immigrants have employed these strategies with remarkable success. However, research on immigrant homeownership does not differentiate that which is encumbered by mortgage debt and that which is ‘free and clear’ or unencumbered. This is an important distinction since wealth held in the form of enc…
Just black" or not "just black?" ethnic attrition in the Nigerian-American second generation
Despite the largely voluntary character of Nigerian immigration to the United States since 1970, it is not clear that their patterns of integration have emulated those of earlier immigrants who, over time, traded their specific national origins for "American" or "White" identities as they experienced upward mobility. This path may not be available to Nigerian immigrants. When they cease to be Nigerian, they may become black or African-American. I…
Where Race Matters Most: Measuring the Strength of Association Between Race and Unemployment Across the 50 United States
Poverty and Affluence across the First Two Generations of Voluntary Migration from Africa to the United States, 1990-2012
The first substantial waves of voluntary migration from Africa arrived in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The largest number of them hailed from Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Highly select in their educational aspirations and achievements, many of them settled and started families. By 2010, their U.S.-born children had begun to reach adulthood, offering us a first look at intergenerational mobility am…
Non-Hispanics with Latin American ancestry: Assimilation, race, and identity among Latin American descendants in the US
The Gradient of Immigrant Age-at-Arrival Effects on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the U.S
A young age at arrival is believed to be an important predictor of adult immigrant achievement, but there is no consensus on what age(s) at arrival is pivotal/crucial/critical. The 2000 census reports exact years of arrival and age providing us the opportunity to test different formulations for age-at-arrival effects for several different socioeconomic outcomes. We focus on the experiences of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in this study. Our resu…
Race and Unemployment Amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/Non-Black Divide
Birth, Fortune, and Discrepant Fertility in Twentieth-Century America
Twentieth-century American men and women were often unable to live up to or down to their own fertility ideals. In a national random sample of 11,126 ever-married men and women over the age of 44, “discrepant fertility”—the difference between ideal fertility and completed fertility—was common. This article seeks to identify the causes of such discrepancies, and findings suggest that the most important exogenous factor is “birth cohort.” Those bor…
The Gradient of Immigrant Age-at-Arrival Effects on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the U.S
A young age at arrival is believed to be an important predictor of adult immigrant achievement, but there is no consensus on what age(s) at arrival is pivotal/crucial/critical. The 2000 census reports exact years of arrival and age providing us the opportunity to test different formulations for age-at-arrival effects for several different socioeconomic outcomes. We focus on the experiences of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in this study. Our resu…
Non-Hispanics with Latin American ancestry: Assimilation, race, and identity among Latin American descendants in the US
Just black" or not "just black?" ethnic attrition in the Nigerian-American second generation
Despite the largely voluntary character of Nigerian immigration to the United States since 1970, it is not clear that their patterns of integration have emulated those of earlier immigrants who, over time, traded their specific national origins for "American" or "White" identities as they experienced upward mobility. This path may not be available to Nigerian immigrants. When they cease to be Nigerian, they may become black or African-American. I…
Birth, Fortune, and Discrepant Fertility in Twentieth-Century America
Twentieth-century American men and women were often unable to live up to or down to their own fertility ideals. In a national random sample of 11,126 ever-married men and women over the age of 44, “discrepant fertility”—the difference between ideal fertility and completed fertility—was common. This article seeks to identify the causes of such discrepancies, and findings suggest that the most important exogenous factor is “birth cohort.” Those bor…
Free and clear: National origins and progress toward unencumbered homeownership among post-civil rights era immigrants in the US
Homeownership has been a central part of community and wealth building strategies in the US, and prior research demonstrates that Post-Civil Rights Era immigrants have employed these strategies with remarkable success. However, research on immigrant homeownership does not differentiate that which is encumbered by mortgage debt and that which is ‘free and clear’ or unencumbered. This is an important distinction since wealth held in the form of enc…
Poverty and Affluence across the First Two Generations of Voluntary Migration from Africa to the United States, 1990-2012
The first substantial waves of voluntary migration from Africa arrived in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The largest number of them hailed from Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Highly select in their educational aspirations and achievements, many of them settled and started families. By 2010, their U.S.-born children had begun to reach adulthood, offering us a first look at intergenerational mobility am…
Race and Unemployment Amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/Non-Black Divide
Birth, Fortune, and Discrepant Fertility in Twentieth-Century America
Twentieth-century American men and women were often unable to live up to or down to their own fertility ideals. In a national random sample of 11,126 ever-married men and women over the age of 44, “discrepant fertility”—the difference between ideal fertility and completed fertility—was common. This article seeks to identify the causes of such discrepancies, and findings suggest that the most important exogenous factor is “birth cohort.” Those bor…
The Gradient of Immigrant Age-at-Arrival Effects on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the U.S
A young age at arrival is believed to be an important predictor of adult immigrant achievement, but there is no consensus on what age(s) at arrival is pivotal/crucial/critical. The 2000 census reports exact years of arrival and age providing us the opportunity to test different formulations for age-at-arrival effects for several different socioeconomic outcomes. We focus on the experiences of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in this study. Our resu…
Race and Unemployment Amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/Non-Black Divide
Non-Hispanics with Latin American ancestry: Assimilation, race, and identity among Latin American descendants in the US
Poverty and Affluence across the First Two Generations of Voluntary Migration from Africa to the United States, 1990-2012
The first substantial waves of voluntary migration from Africa arrived in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The largest number of them hailed from Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Highly select in their educational aspirations and achievements, many of them settled and started families. By 2010, their U.S.-born children had begun to reach adulthood, offering us a first look at intergenerational mobility am…
Where Race Matters Most: Measuring the Strength of Association Between Race and Unemployment Across the 50 United States
Just black" or not "just black?" ethnic attrition in the Nigerian-American second generation
Despite the largely voluntary character of Nigerian immigration to the United States since 1970, it is not clear that their patterns of integration have emulated those of earlier immigrants who, over time, traded their specific national origins for "American" or "White" identities as they experienced upward mobility. This path may not be available to Nigerian immigrants. When they cease to be Nigerian, they may become black or African-American. I…
Free and clear: National origins and progress toward unencumbered homeownership among post-civil rights era immigrants in the US
Homeownership has been a central part of community and wealth building strategies in the US, and prior research demonstrates that Post-Civil Rights Era immigrants have employed these strategies with remarkable success. However, research on immigrant homeownership does not differentiate that which is encumbered by mortgage debt and that which is ‘free and clear’ or unencumbered. This is an important distinction since wealth held in the form of enc…
Sociology (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)