Continued Success or Caught in the Housing Bubble? Black Immigrants and the Housing Market Crash

Tesfai, Rebbeca

doi:10.1007/s11113-017-9429-1

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“…These patterns are also true of African immigrants. Living in major immigrant settlement areas mediated African immigrants housing market disadvantage during the crash (Tesfai, 2017a).…”

Section: Housingmentioning

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Is there any merit to the merit‐based immigration system? What Sub‐Saharan African immigrant labor and housing market outcomes tell us about U.S. economic and immigration systems

Tesfai

2021

Sociology Compass

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For decades, U.S. immigration policy debates have centered on creating a merit‐based system limiting entry to high‐skilled immigrants. Yet the emphasis on merit‐based immigration ignores the fact that high‐skilled immigrants already enter the United States in merit‐based immigration assume high‐skilled immigrants benefit the U.S. economy because they are better able than low‐skilled immigrants to translate skills into economic success. Using Sub‐Saharan (Black) African immigrants' labor and housing market outcomes, I show that meritocracy only partially explains U.S. labor and housing outcomes, leaving a merit‐based system unlikely to address America's economic needs. The majority of immigrants to the U.S. are non‐White, and racial discrimination in the labor market results in occupational and wage disadvantages in the U.S. Due to the public charge rule, high skilled immigrants may be less likely to get their visas renewed or green card applications approved because of these labor market disadvantages. Without stable visa status, high‐skilled immigrants will be less likely to make long‐term economic investments in the United States—an important way of contributing to the U.S. economy. Together, research indicates that U.S. immigration reform will not work without first enacting policy addressing racial disparities in economic systems.

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“…These patterns are also true of African immigrants. Living in major immigrant settlement areas mediated African immigrants housing market disadvantage during the crash (Tesfai, 2017a).…”

Section: Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is there any merit to the merit‐based immigration system? What Sub‐Saharan African immigrant labor and housing market outcomes tell us about U.S. economic and immigration systems

Tesfai

2021

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“…Black and Latino homeowners have less home equity than similarly situated White owners (Krivo and Kaufman 2004). Nationality, nativity, immigrant status, and skin tone also influence household wealth and reinforce the salience of race (Allen 2011;Emeka 2019;McConnell and Akresh 2013;Painter and Qian 2015;Salgado and Ortiz 2019;Tesfai 2017). Legal permanent residents are among the most advantaged recent immigrants in terms of home equity (McConnell and Akresh 2013).…”

Section: Contemporary Latino Residential Stratification and Racial Inmentioning

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Vanishing wealth, vanishing votes? Latino homeownership and the 2016 election in Florida

Rugh

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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In this article, I explore how race, class, and migration influence Latino household wealth, and uncover important implications for the close 2016 US presidential election outcome in Florida. I follow over 11,000 homeowners in the Orlando area of Orange County, Florida from 2004 to 2016. To proxy for immigrant incorporation, I leverage matched voter registration records and direct observation of borrower identificationdriver's license, green card/passport, or undocumented identification. Documented immigrants appear least vulnerable to foreclosure; multivariate analyses show that Latinos with undocumented identification are most vulnerable. Foreclosure and negative equity predict decreases in voter activity among Latino Democrats and Latino Independents, respectively, but not among Latino Republicans. I confirm this pattern at the precinctlevel using data on all Orange County voters. Across Florida, county-level Latino foreclosures and lagging home prices correspond to a decline in the Democratic presidential vote from 2012 to 2016. My analysis reveals the mechanisms that erase Latino home equity and how the loss of wealth may have played a role in flipping Florida from a blue state to a red state.

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“… 10 See, for example Scroggins ( 1989 ), Model ( 1991 , 1995 , 2008 ), Dodoo ( 1991a , b , c , d ); Dodoo ( 1997 ), Butcher ( 1994 ), Kalmijn ( 1996 ), Dodoo and Takyi ( 2002 ), Corra and Kimuna ( 2009 ), Borch and Corra ( 2010 ), Corra and Borch ( 2014 ), Hamilton ( 2014 , 2019 , 2020 ), Elo et al ( 2015 ), Kusow et al ( 2016 , 2018 ), Tesfai ( 2017a , b ); Tesfai ( 2019 ), and Nawyn and Park ( 2019 ). …”

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Immigration from Africa to the United States: key insights from recent research

Corra

2023

Front. Sociol.

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Immigration from Africa to the United States has increased dramatically in the past three decades. This paper summarizes recent findings on the growth of African immigration to the United States in recent years. In doing so, it highlights shifting sociodemographic profiles of these “new African Americans” or “new Americans,” profiling the increasing diversity, yet also racialized portrait of this group. Key patterns of immigration shown include the changing racial and gender composition of immigrants, as well as rising immigration from a wider range of African countries. Some key theoretical and practical implications are outlined.

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Continued Success or Caught in the Housing Bubble? Black Immigrants and the Housing Market Crash

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Is there any merit to the merit‐based immigration system? What Sub‐Saharan African immigrant labor and housing market outcomes tell us about U.S. economic and immigration systems

Is there any merit to the merit‐based immigration system? What Sub‐Saharan African immigrant labor and housing market outcomes tell us about U.S. economic and immigration systems

Vanishing wealth, vanishing votes? Latino homeownership and the 2016 election in Florida

Immigration from Africa to the United States: key insights from recent research

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