Segmented Paths? Mexican Generational Differences in the Transition to First-Time Homeownership in the United States

Sánchez, Luis Alberto

doi:10.1007/s12134-018-0560-6

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“…Homeownership is one critical resource among immigrant families considering its importance for child development, community building, asset-building, and economic security. Homeownership, an indicator of immigrants' assimilation and integration, has slowed because of a larger decrease in immigrants' social mobility (Sánchez, 2018). Housing quality has also been linked to health and mental health outcomes.…”

Section: Political and Social Contexts Of Receptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systems.

Alegrı́a¹,

O’Malley²,

Smith³

et al. 2023

American Psychologist

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What can psychologists do to address social determinants of health and promote health equity among America's approximately 20 million children in immigrant families (CIF)? This article identifies gaps in current research and argues for a stronger role for psychologists. Psychologists can advocate for and enact changes in institutional systems that contribute to inequities in social determinants of health and promote resources and services necessary for CIF to flourish. We consider systemic exclusionary and discriminatory barriers faced by CIF, including a heightened anti-immigrant political climate, continued threat of immigration enforcement, restricted access to the social safety net, and the disproportionate health, economic, and educational burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight the potential role of psychologists in (a) leading prevention that addresses stressors such as poverty and trauma; (b) changing systems to mitigate risk factors for CIF; (c) expanding workforce development across multiple disciplines to better serve their needs; (d) identifying mechanisms, such as racial profiling, that contribute to health inequity, and viewing them as public health harms; and (e) guiding advocacy for resources at local, state, and federal levels, including by linking discriminatory policies or practices with health inequity. A key recommendation to increase psychologists' impact is for academic and professional institutions to strengthen relationships with policymakers to effectively convey these findings in spaces where decisions about policies and practices are made. We conclude that psychologists are well positioned to promote systemic change across multiple societal levels and disciplines to improve the well-being of CIF and offer them a better future.

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Section: Political and Social Contexts Of Receptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systems.

Alegrı́a¹,

O’Malley²,

Smith³

et al. 2023

American Psychologist

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“…The typical connotation of the American dream-of "making it"-is a house on a leafy street with a picket fence. For immigrants, homeownership is also evidence of incorporation in the economy and culture of the arrival country (Myers and Lee 1998;Sánchez 2018;Agius Vallejo and Keister 2019). This symbolism gives wealth particular meaning for the subjective experience of social and economic position, opportunity, and belonging.…”

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Childhood Wealth Inequality in the United States: Implications for Social Stratification and Well-Being

Gibson‐Davis

Hill

2021

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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“…The theory of Mannheim’s (1952)‘social generations’ claims that a generation shares similar structural and institutional experience and is characterised by certain aspirations, values and behaviours. In terms of pathways towards homeownership, generational fractures have been shown in many countries (Myers et al, 2020; Öst, 2012; Sánchez, 2018). Furthermore, generational differences in the timing of first dwelling purchase have also been found (Bayrakdar et al, 2019; Feijten and Mulder, 2002).…”

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Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

Cui

et al. 2021

Urban Studies

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Radical housing reform has triggered tremendous changes in both housing supply and housing demand in China over the past four decades, leading to apparent generational fractures in homeownership. In contrast to the rising age of first dwelling purchasers in some Western countries, younger cohorts in China are entering homeownership at increasingly younger ages despite rising housing prices. Based on a retrospective survey conducted in Shanghai in 2018 and 2019, this study examines the changing roles of family formation and parental background in affecting the timing of entering homeownership across different cohorts. Employing event history analyses, this study demonstrates that transitions to first homeownership have become synchronised with family formation among younger cohorts, which implies the social norm of ‘marital home’. Furthermore, the results reveal that parental background is increasingly influential in determining the timing of first home purchase; men and individuals from one-child families are more likely to be the beneficiary of parental help to enter homeownership. Through the lens of cohort, this study contributes to understanding the changing role of family formation and family of origin, which are shaped by institutional and cultural transformations in China. The intensified intergenerational transmission leads to exacerbation of horizontal housing inequality, that is, some achieving homeownership at a younger age while others being shunned from homeownership in the context of worsening housing affordability.

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Segmented Paths? Mexican Generational Differences in the Transition to First-Time Homeownership in the United States

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systems.

Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systems.

Childhood Wealth Inequality in the United States: Implications for Social Stratification and Well-Being

Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin

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