The Labor Market Skills of Recent Male Immigrants
Evidence from the Current Population Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3342957 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Funkhouser (0000-0003-3703-5197, corresponding author), Stephen J Trejo (0000-0001-7431-5572) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 792 |
| Publication date | 1995-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2524357 |
| OpenAlex | W4248742605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 17 |
Using data from special supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors track the education and hourly earnings of recent male immigrants to the United States. In terms of these measures of labor market skills, the CPS data suggest that immigrants who came in the late 1980s were more skilled than those who arrived earlier in the decade. This pattern represents a break from the steady decline in immigrant skill levels observed in 1940-80 Census data. Despite the encouraging trend over the 1980s, however, the average skills of recent immigrants remain low by historical standards
Census · Current (fluid) · Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Immigration · Labour economics · New immigrants · Political science · Population · Sociology · Accounting · Demography · Engineering · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2024 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |