Mexican Americans & the U.S. economy
Subtitle: quest for buenos días
By: Arturo González.
Series: The Mexican American experience
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Mexican Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Other titles: Mexican Americans and the U.S. economy
Description: The author argues that the economic conditions of Mexican Americans improves over generations. Gonzalez relies on data collected from the Current Population Survey to examine three generations of Mexican-descendant survey participants--immigrants, U.S.-born children of immigrants, and the third generation--the grand children of immigrants. Issues ranging from Immigration, Education, Labor Markets, Income and Poverty, are examined using the tools of economics and basic econometrics in a manner accessible to a lay audience. While the book is not meant to be exhaustive, it provides sufficient detail for the interested reader. At the very least raises, the book presents a narrative in which Mexican Americans are shown to be improving their lot in American society, much like previous immigrants have done.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-141) and index.