Immigrant incorporation in the garment industry of Los Angeles.

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* ; Models, Theoretical* ; Social Support*; Americas ; California ; Demography ; Developed Countries ; Economics ; Family Characteristics ; Health Workforce ; Interpersonal Relations ; North America ; Population ; Population Dynamics ; Research ; Transients and Migrants ; United States

Indexing Agency: IND Local ID #: RH94028. Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 142211. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00285241.
Keywords: Americas; California; Case Studies*; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Friends And Relatives; Human Resources; Immigrants*; Industry*; Labor Force*; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical*; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Research Report*; Social Networks*; Studies; United States
Note: TJ: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
Local Abstract: [PIP] This study expands immigrant social network theory and examined employment patterns in the garment industry in Los Angeles, California, among Latino workers employed by Asian immigrant entrepreneurs. The study determined that a large percentage of immigrant employees found their jobs through the immigrant economy. Entrepreneurship increased the supply of local jobs and expanded the economy at destination at no expense to natives. Immigrant entrepreneurs bought firms from nonimmigrant owners or started new ones with an immigrant labor supply. Massey's index is flawed due to its exclusion of the role of entrepreneurs. Migration networks facilitate entrepreneurship, but some ethnic groups have fewer entrepreneurs, such as Mexicans and Central Americans. A 1993 Los Angeles survey identified 3642 garment factories in its county. Mean employment was 27.1 persons. The garment industry was the 4th largest industry in the area in 1996, with 98,700 employees. It represented 6% of all wage and salary employees in the City and 5.5% of the immigrant labor force in the County in 1990. 93% of garment workers in 1990 were immigrants. It is estimated that 51% of garment factory owners were Asians; most employees were Latinos. Census figures on sewing machine operators indicated 47.3% of owners were Whites and 42.45 were Asians. 53.3% of employees were other ethnic groups, 14.5% were Asians, and 32.2% were Whites. It is estimated that 47.2% of total employment was due to the immigration economy. 71.5% of the total employment in the garment industry was in the immigrant sector.

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

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