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Lee, Jennifer C. – Social Forces, 2013
The increase in high-skilled immigrants to the United States coincided with the expansion of the high-technology sector, and now a large share of Asian immigrants concentrate in high-tech industries. Despite much research on the relationship between ethnic concentration and labor market outcomes, the association between ethnic niche employment and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Asian Americans, Industry, Employment Patterns
Roksa, Josipa; Levey, Tania – Social Forces, 2010
While income inequality among college graduates is well documented, inequality in occupational status remains largely unexplored. We examine whether and how occupational specificity of college majors is related to college graduates' transition into the labor market and their subsequent occupational trajectories. Analyses of NLSY79 indicate that…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Credentials, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Read, Jen'nan Ghazal; Cohen, Philip N. – Social Forces, 2007
Leading explanations for ethnic disparities in U.S. women's employment derive largely from research on men. Although recent case studies of newer immigrant groups suggest that these explanations may be less applicable than previously believed, no study to date has assessed this question systematically. Using 2000 Census data, this study tests the…
Descriptors: Females, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Whites

Hodge, Robert W. – Social Forces, 1973
Develops a theoretical model of the sources of group differentials in employment and examines the black-white unemployment differentials in the light of this scheme. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cross Sectional Studies, Employment Level, Employment Patterns

Crutchfield, Robert D.; Pitchford, Susan R. – Social Forces, 1997
Data from a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth subsample (aged 18-21 in the first survey year) indicate that criminal involvement is related positively to time out of the labor force and negatively to workers' expectations of job duration and to student status. Results suggest that the stability of good jobs or academic involvement inhibits…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Conformity, Crime, Criminals