The industrial division of labor among immigrants and internal migrants to the Los Angeles economy.

Publisher: Sage Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0253002 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0197-9183 (Print) Linking ISSN: 01979183 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int Migr Rev

Publication: 2017-: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publishing
Original Publication: New York : published by Wiley for the Center for Migration Studies.

Emigration and Immigration* ; Employment* ; Industry* ; Population Dynamics* ; Social Support* ; Transients and Migrants* ; Urban Population*; Americas ; California ; Demography ; Developed Countries ; Economics ; Family Characteristics ; Health Workforce ; Interpersonal Relations ; North America ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; United States

Indexing Agency: IND Local ID #: RH94029. Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 142212. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00285240.
Keywords: Americas; California; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Friends And Relatives; Human Resources; Immigrants*; Industry*; Labor Force*; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants*; Migration; Migration, Internal*; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Report*; Social Networks*; United States; Urban Population*
Note: TJ: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
Local Abstract: [PIP] This study examined the industrial division of labor among immigrants and in-migrants in the Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area. It addresses debates about channeling of new arrivals into jobs among similar ethnic groups and human capital views. Data were obtained from the 1990 Census on resident native-born, resident foreign-born, in-migrants, and recent immigrants who arrived during 1985-90. Light and Rosenstein's (1995) concepts of groups and their resources were used to organize ideas about ethnic networks and their effectiveness in channeling migrant workers into 15 industrial sectors. Sectoral differences were revealed with the familiarity index of dissimilarity. Findings reveal that social networks were the strongest for Koreans, who supplied work for recent arrivals in the same sectors as Korean-born residents, regardless of education. Mexican new arrivals were less likely to work in the same sectors as their resident Mexican counterparts. Mexican networks placed new arrivals in durable manufacturing in the 1960s and 1970s when it was a key source of employment. By the 1980s and 1990s, the economy shifted and employment went down in durable manufacturing. Mexicans thus found employment elsewhere. Native White and Black in-migrants had the strongest channeling into same sector jobs. This is attributed to the small streams, the ability of the labor market to absorb these workers, and the availability of job vacancies among native out-migrants. Filipino migrants had similar patterns as Whites and Blacks. Mexican and Central American residents had more inter-ethnic competition over jobs than Whites or Blacks.

Date Created: 20020926 Date Completed: 19990804 Latest Revision: 20181130

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