Reward for Being an Immigrant: Earnings Gap Between Immigrant and Native-Born West Indians

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Jeon,B. Philip (Author) and Simmons,Walter O. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1998
    Published:
    Richmond, VA: Atlantic Economic Society
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Atlantic Economic Journal: AEJ
    Journal Title Details:
    26(3) : 309
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, United States, Statistics, Emigrants and immigration, Social policy, Labor and employment, Earnings and income, and Aliens
    Notes:
    Motivated by recent findings of a diminishing earnings gap between the West Indians and other black workers, the earnings processes of immigrant and native-born West Indians are examined in an effort to find the role of culture traits in their earnings

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