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Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes for Native Workers
Wilson, Franklin, and Gerald Jaynes Working paper no. 1995-32 Abstract This paper assesses the association of migration (both international and internal) with the employment status and earnings of native whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians in …
Ethnic Concentrations and Labor Market Opportunities
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1997-17 Abstract This paper seeks to determine whether employment in co-ethnic niches enhances labor market opportunities for urban workers, and whether the immigrant share of the workforce of an employment …
Ethnic Residential Segregation and Its Consequences
Wilson, Franklin ,and Roger Hammer Working paper no. 1997-18 Abstract We estimate a structural equation model of the association of residential preferences, perceived housing market discrimination, and ethnic composition of neighborhood with other neighborhood attributes, …
Metropolitan Labor Markets and Ethnic Niching: Introduction to a Research Project
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1999-29 Abstract This paper reports the findings of a study of labor market niching involving 102 ethnic groups living in 216 metropolitan areas in 1990. Approximately 12 percent of the …
Labor Specialization, Ethnicity, and Metropolitan Labor Markets
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 2002-10 Abstract This paper provides an empirical assessment of the extent to which co-ethnic workers are under- or over-represented in industry and occupation-based employment sectors based on the characteristics of …
Population Change and the Changing Educational Attainment of Ethnic Groups in the United States
Wilson, Franklin, Uzi Rebhun, and Salvador Rivas Working paper no. 2008-02 Abstract This study assesses the effect of population change on decade changes in the educational attainment level of ethnic (ancestry) populations in the United …
Notes for a Comparative Theory of Urban Formations
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 2008-05 Abstract This paper seeks to break new ground by providing a firmer foundation for the study of urban formations both within and between nation-states. First, a conceptual definition of …
Generational Changes in Racial Inequality in Occupational Attainment, 1950-2010: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 2016-01 Abstract This paper analyzes age and cohort changes in the occupational attainment of Blacks and Whites born in successive decades from 1910 to 1979. Occupational attainment is operationalized as …