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A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Force Activities of Ethnic Populations

Posted on February 5, 2019

Wilson, Franklin, and Lawrence Wu Working paper no. 1993-01

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Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes for Native Workers

Posted on January 25, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged franklin wilson, migration, work

Ethnic Concentrations and Labor Market Opportunities

Posted on January 18, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged economics, franklin wilson, work

Ethnic Residential Segregation and Its Consequences

Posted on January 18, 2019

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, …

Posted in working paperTagged environment, franklin wilson, inequality

Metropolitan Labor Markets and Ethnic Niching: Introduction to a Research Project

Posted on January 14, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged environment, franklin wilson, work

Labor Specialization, Ethnicity, and Metropolitan Labor Markets

Posted on January 11, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged franklin wilson, work

Population Change and the Changing Educational Attainment of Ethnic Groups in the United States

Posted on January 10, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged education, franklin wilson, life course, migration

Notes for a Comparative Theory of Urban Formations

Posted on January 10, 2019

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged franklin wilson, theory

Generational Changes in Racial Inequality in Occupational Attainment, 1950-2010: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis

Posted on December 20, 2018

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 …

Posted in working paperTagged economics, franklin wilson, inequality, race, work

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