Contemporary Trends in Immigration to the United States: Gender, Labor-Market Incorporation, and Implications for Family Formation
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| contents | Contemporary Trends in Immigration to the United States: Gender, Labor-Market Incorporation, and Implications for Family Formation Min Zhou Demografía gender labor market United States immigrant settlement international migration This article provides an overview of contemporary trends in immigration to theUnited States and a descriptive analysis of gendered patterns of immigrants economicincorporation. Since the 1970s, both legal and illegal female immigration tothe United States has increased steadily, suggesting a trend toward more permanentsettlement compared with that of the past. Today, more than half of the immigrantsto the United States are female. Although these women often migrate for reasonssimilar to those of men (such as seeking better economic opportunities or escapingpersecution and extreme hardships), their experiences with labor-market incorporationand family formation differ from those of men, raising new issues for the understandingof the role of gender in immigrant settlement and adaptation 2003 artículo científico 1665-8906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15102203 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=151 Migraciones Internacionales application/pdf El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Migraciones Internacionales (México) Num.2 Vol.2 |
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| spellingShingle | Contemporary Trends in Immigration to the United States: Gender, Labor-Market Incorporation, and Implications for Family Formation Min Zhou Demografía gender labor market United States immigrant settlement international migration Contemporary Trends in Immigration to the United States: Gender, Labor-Market Incorporation, and Implications for Family Formation Min Zhou Demografía gender labor market United States immigrant settlement international migration This article provides an overview of contemporary trends in immigration to theUnited States and a descriptive analysis of gendered patterns of immigrants economicincorporation. Since the 1970s, both legal and illegal female immigration tothe United States has increased steadily, suggesting a trend toward more permanentsettlement compared with that of the past. Today, more than half of the immigrantsto the United States are female. Although these women often migrate for reasonssimilar to those of men (such as seeking better economic opportunities or escapingpersecution and extreme hardships), their experiences with labor-market incorporationand family formation differ from those of men, raising new issues for the understandingof the role of gender in immigrant settlement and adaptation 2003 artículo científico 1665-8906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15102203 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=151 Migraciones Internacionales application/pdf El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Migraciones Internacionales (México) Num.2 Vol.2 |
| title | Contemporary Trends in Immigration to the United States: Gender, Labor-Market Incorporation, and Implications for Family Formation |
| topic | Demografía gender labor market United States immigrant settlement international migration |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15102203 |