Racial Composition and Occupational Segregation and Inequality across American Cities

Semyonov, Moshe; Haberfeld, Yitchak; Cohen, Yinon; Lewin‐Epstein, Noah

doi:10.1006/ssre.1999.0662

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“…This process contributes to labour markets that are divided along racial lines (Semyonov et al. ) and minority members who are more likely to work in the secondary sector (Anker ; Schrover et al. ).…”

Section: Segregation and English Language Proficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Living and working in ethnic enclaves: English Language proficiency of immigrants in US metropolitan areas

Beckhusen

Florax

Graaff

et al. 2013

Papers in Regional Science

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We use data on Mexican and Chinese immigrants in the US to calculate the average marginal effects of residential and occupational segregation on immigrants' ability to speak English, and similarly the effects of English fluency of family members. Our results confirm that residential segregation is generally inversely related to English language proficiency of immigrants, except for skilled Chinese immigrants. Allowing for occupational fixed effects, the minority population share at the place of work is relevant for proficiency in English among skilled Chinese, but not for Mexicans and unskilled Chinese. We also find that the presence of English‐speaking adults in the household increases the probability of immigrants' proficiency in English.

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Section: Segregation and English Language Proficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Living and working in ethnic enclaves: English Language proficiency of immigrants in US metropolitan areas

Beckhusen

Florax

Graaff

et al. 2013

Papers in Regional Science

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“…The vast majority of empirical studies on the association between minority size and prejudice have been conducted in the USA, and most of these studies support the conclusion that an increase in the relative size of a minority population (usually blacks) leads to increased levels of prejudice and discrimination (e.g., Quillian 1996;Taylor 1998;Semyonov et al 2000). The results of the European studies generally find either that larger minority populations are associated with stronger ethnic prejudice and hostility (Quillian 1995;Scheepers et al 2002;Semyonov et al 2006;Schneider 2008), or produce non-significant findings (Evans and Need 2002;McLaren 2003;Semyonov et al 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

It Is the Eyes and Not the Size That Matter

Strabac¹

2011

European Societies

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The number of immigrants to Western Europe has been increasing, with immigration the subject of much controversy in contemporary Europe. In this article, we investigate the relationship between the size of the immigrant population, how natives perceive this size, and their anti-immigrant attitudes. We use data from the 2002/2003 European Social Survey covering 17 Western European countries, and we find that as a rule Western Europeans think that the immigrant population in their country is much larger than it actually is. The perceived size of an immigrant population has an impact on anti-immigrant prejudices, but the real size does not. Like many authors before us, we find that education reduces prejudice. However, we also find that around 10 percent of the total effect of education is a result of educated individuals' more accurate views about size of immigrant populations. In other words, the effect of education on prejudice is in part mediated by size perceptions.

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“…With this caveat in mind, I present in Table 4 some regression models with a small number of independent variables. Previous research has shown the importance of level of economic development, which is represented here by the gross national product (GNP).15 In addition, these studies have documented the role of differences in male-female educational enrollment in contributing to occupational inequality between the sexes (Semyonov et al 2000). Therefore, the following models include a female-to-male enrollment ratio as reported by the United 13.…”

Section: Predictive Patternsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…A simple alternative to the profile approach starts from the premise that segregation is not completely conterminous with inequality and that overall segregation consists of invidious and noninvidious components that ought to be identified separately. Semyonov and various collaborators applied this logic to the analysis of crossnational gender segregation and to the analysis of racial segregation across cities in the United States (Semyonov et al 2000;Semyonov and Jones 1999). Their strategy proceeds by using separate measures of overall segregation and vertical differentiation, and they distinguished between nominal segregation (as measured by ID and the Grusky-Charles 2.…”

Section: Distinguishing Segregation and Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 98%