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| Author: | Nee, V. Sanders, J. Sernau, S. |
| Title: | Job transitions in an immigrant metropolis: ethnic boundaries and the mixed economy |
| Journal: | American Sociological Review
1994 : DEC, VOL. 59:6, p. 849-872 |
| Index terms: | IMMIGRATION MIXED ECONOMY COMPANY HEALTH SERVICES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors examine the job transition of Asian immigrants in the metropolitan economy of Los Angeles. In such ethnically heterogeneous cities, ethnic boundaries are porous and are mediated by an intermediate mixed economy. Ethnographic interviews reveal that many immigrants prefer jobs outside the ethnic economy to obtain higher wages and fairer work rules. Multivariate analyses find that, across a succession of jobs and over time, immigrants tend to drift away from the more informal ethnic economy of the metropolis. |
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