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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Socioeconomic Dualism: The Case of Israeli-Born Immigrants in the United States
Contributor:
Cohen, Yinon
Published:
Center for Migration Studies of New York, Inc., 1989
Published in:
The International Migration Review, 23 (1989) 2, Seite 267-288
Language:
English
ISSN:
0197-9183;
1747-7379
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>Relying on the 1980 U. S. Census of Foreign-Born Population and the 1979 INS Public Use File, this article compares Israeli-born Americans (including Arabs) to both the United States and Israeli populations with respect to age, marital status, unemployment, education, industry, occupation and income as of 1979-80. Some of the results, mainly those pertaining to the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Israeli immigrants as compared to their society of origin, corroborate previous research. Thus, Israeli-born immigrants in the United States held top white-collar jobs and were less likely to be unemployed than the rest of the Israeli labor force. Once in America, however, it seems that not all Israeli-born Americans are as successful as portrayed by past research. In fact, the Census data reveal occupational and economic dualism among the population of Israeli-born Americans. The reasons for this dualism are discussed.</p>