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Re-Conceptualizing the Economic Incorporation of Immigrants: A Comparison of the Mexican and Vietnamese
Author
Gleeson, Shannon
Abstract
Using data from the 2000 5 per cent Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, this article advocates three shifts in our theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding immigrant economic incorporation. First, through a comparison of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants, these findings highlight the importance of an immigrant population’s relationship to the state for economic outcomes, and cautions against analyses that aggregate the foreign-born population. Second, through a joint analysis of unemployment and poverty outcomes, these findings call for researchers to be specific about the varied aspects of ‘‘economic incorporation’’ and distinguish between factors that drive labor market access, and those that foster material well-being. Lastly, by examining three state economic, demographic and policy variables, this article promotes an approach that takes human capital into account, while also heeding the immigrant context of reception.
Date Issued
2010-01-01Subject
immigrant economic incorporation; state policy; documentation status; Mexican immigrants; Vietnamese immigrants
Related DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1057/lst.2009.43Rights
Required Publisher Statement: © Palgrave Macmillan. Final version published as: Gleeson, S. (2010). Re-conceptualizing the economic incorporation of immigrants: A comparison of the Mexican and Vietnamese [Electronic version]. Latino Studies, 8(1), 69-92. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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article