2003
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-003-1002-y
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The Economic Well-Being of Black Americans: The Overarching Influence of U.S. Immigration Policies

Abstract: Abstract[Excerpt] Of the myriad public policies that have impinged on the economic well being of black Americans over the years, none has had more overarching and continuous effects than those pertaining to immigration. Immigration policies and trends have set the stage that has allowed other outcomes to happen. From the beginning, when blacks were introduced into the British colonies that would later become the United States, to contemporary times, when the nation finds itself in the throes of the largest and… Show more

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“…Briggs (2001) well understands the coalition game and cogently argues that this is not a good fit around immigration issues. Briggs (2001) well understands the coalition game and cogently argues that this is not a good fit around immigration issues.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Briggs (2001) well understands the coalition game and cogently argues that this is not a good fit around immigration issues. Briggs (2001) well understands the coalition game and cogently argues that this is not a good fit around immigration issues.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Labor economists have focused on the examination of the effect of immigration on the labor market for native workers (see Briggs (2003) and Borjas, Freeman and Katz (1996)). However, the labor market experiences of undocumented immigrant workers, the workings of informal labor markets, particularly in urban areas, and consequences for informal workers remain virtually unexplored.…”
Section: Acknowledgmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As redes mais densas e extensas do que aquelas dos http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/15174522-017004007 nativos resultam, em parte, do processo migratório, geralmente organizado por meio de redes sociais. Um grande número de pesquisas mostra que as pessoas geralmente migram para destinos onde já têm conhecidos, especialmente parentes (por exemplo, Tilly, 1990;Bach, 1985;Briggs 2003). Como afirma Charles Tilly (1990), é a rede social que migra, não o indivíduo.…”
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“…Como afirma Charles Tilly (1990), é a rede social que migra, não o indivíduo. A migração de redes leva à concentração de imigrantes de certas origens em regiões metropolitanas específicas, o que aumenta a densidade das redes de imigrantes e sua utilidade para os recém-chegados em busca de emprego (Briggs 2003). O fato de serem estrangeiros, muitas vezes isolados das redes sociais dos nativos, também tende a fortalecer as redes internas das comunidades de imigrantes e a tendência de se concentrarem em certas ocupações.…”
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