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    1. Arrival Cohort, Assimilation, and the Earnings of Caribbean Women in the United States

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hamilton,Tod (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2012-12
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Review of Black Political Economy
    Journal Title Details:
    39(4) : 445-460
    Notes:
    Using data on U.S.-born and Caribbean-born black women from the 1980-2000 U.S. Censuses and the 2000-2007 waves of the American Community Survey, documents the impact of cohort of arrival, tenure of U.S. residence, and country/region of birth on the earnings and earnings assimilation of black women born in the English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

    2. Caribbean people overseas

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Vasciannie,Stephen (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    Mar 2002
    Published:
    Miami, FL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Today
    Journal Title Details:
    4 : 5
    Notes:
    It may also have helped English-speaking migrants from the Caribbean that Florida served as a broad entry point for Caribbean migrants from Cuba, Haiti, and other countries: Where an area has a strong tradition of immigration, prevailing social attitudes are not likely to be as parochial as those in traditionally closed communities. Again, this is not to minimize the difficulties that particular migrants have faced; it is to acknowledge the fairly obvious point that some communities are less impenetrable for outsiders than others. A recent study by the British Cabinet Office has found that Caribbean women constitute a significant success story at the professional level. Specifically, for the generation born between 1940 and 1959, as many as 45 percent of the black women from the Caribbean, or who are of Caribbean heritage, now hold professional or managerial jobs, as against 27.3 percent of the black men in the same category. For the generation born between 1960 and 1979, 38.1 percent of the black women with Caribbean roots are professionals or managers, in comparison with 28.6 percent of the black men. These figures warn us that gender is now a significant factor in determining the prospects of Caribbean migrants to Britain, and they highlight the need for a broader examination of the factors that determine success for those who, in Claude McKay's words, may find themselves "a long way from home."