A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S.
This paper proposes a method for summarizing the pace of advancement of the foreign-born population in a given period. The method standardizes for variations in the duration of residence or age composition of immigrant groups, attainments possessed by different groups when first observed after entry...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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| description | This paper proposes a method for summarizing the pace of advancement of the foreign-born population in a given period. The method standardizes for variations in the duration of residence or age composition of immigrant groups, attainments possessed by different groups when first observed after entry, and other temporal effects on measured advances, forming an index of Expected Lifetime Advance based on the pace of change in a period. The measure is applied to Mexican and Asian immigrants. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, the rates of advancement for Mexicans accelerated in six out of seven social, economic, and civic outcomes. Rates of advancement for Asians were similar in both decades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-822ea6fe2e0343418c2e022bd174c90a2022-12-22T00:26:17ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712011-02-012412A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S.John PitkinDowell MyersThis paper proposes a method for summarizing the pace of advancement of the foreign-born population in a given period. The method standardizes for variations in the duration of residence or age composition of immigrant groups, attainments possessed by different groups when first observed after entry, and other temporal effects on measured advances, forming an index of Expected Lifetime Advance based on the pace of change in a period. The measure is applied to Mexican and Asian immigrants. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, the rates of advancement for Mexicans accelerated in six out of seven social, economic, and civic outcomes. Rates of advancement for Asians were similar in both decades.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/12/ |
| spellingShingle | John Pitkin Dowell Myers A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. Demographic Research |
| title | A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. |
| title_full | A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. |
| title_fullStr | A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. |
| title_short | A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S. |
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