We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider the stratification of occupations by gender, i.e. when either women or men are predominantly segregated into low-paying jobs. We propose the use of the concentration curve to analyse first-order stochastic dominance, and...
– Evidence from changes in the occupational structure of employment in the USA and Mexico
Guido Matias Cortes, Diego M. Morris - UNU-WIDER, 2020 - Helsinki, Finland
The decline of employment in middle-wage, routine task intensive jobs has been well documented for the USA. Increased offshoring towards lower-income countries such as Mexico has been proposed as a potential driver of this decline.
Our analysis provides a unique and new approach to address the...
– Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
Roy van der Weide, Ambar Narayan - UNU-WIDER, 2019 - Helsinki, Finland
The United States and China are the world’s largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world’s economic output.
This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that...
– What can we learn from the experience of Vietnamese Americans?
Carl L. Bankston - UNU-WIDER, 2018 - Helsinki, Finland
Policy makers should see integration and upward mobility, and not simply placement and survival, as goals of resettlement of refugees. Our research on the integration of Vietnamese refugees in the United States shows that this population has demonstrated high levels of upward mobility. Drawing on...
Carl Stempel, Qais Alemi - UNU-WIDER, 2018 - Helsinki, Finland
Using 1990 5% Census and American Community Survey data, we examine the economic integration of Afghan refugees to the US, focusing on employment rates and income levels. First-wave Afghan refugees (those arriving 1980–90) have made significant income and employment gains, while poverty...
– The case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States
Carl L. Bankston III, Min Zhou - UNU-WIDER, 2018 - Helsinki, Finland
In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts.
We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...
Carlos Gradín - UNU-WIDER, 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i.e. when women or men are predominantly segregated into low-paying jobs. For this, we propose to use concentration curves and indices.
Our empirical analysis using this approach...
Gordon C. Rausser, Harry de Gorter - UNU-WIDER, 2013 - Helsinki, Finland
Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US public...
Luc Christiaensen, Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen - UNU-WIDER, 2012 - Helsinki, Finland
Luc Christiaensen and Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen
If a person suddenly becomes poor, for example, due to an unexpected death or illness in the family, they will have a rather different experience and understanding of poverty than someone who has been impoverished almost their entire life....
Tony Addison - UNU-WIDER, 2011 - Helsinki, Finland
Tony Addison
The present currency turmoil is both a product and a cause of profound changes now underway in the global economy. Part 1 of this two-part article, which appeared in the October Angle, focused on Latin America and Europe. Part 2 discusses the latest turbulence in the eurozone as...
James Robinson - UNU-WIDER, 2010 - Helsinki, Finland
Particular sets of institutions, once they become established in a society, have a strong tendency to persist. In this paper I argue that understanding how elites form and reproduce is key to understanding the persistence of institutions over time. I illustrate this idea with a simple political...
William Lazonick - UNU-WIDER, 2009 - Helsinki, Finland
William Lazonick
Defined as the act of forming a new business, entrepreneurship is viewed as a prime way in which individualism can contribute to economic development. Recently The Economist depicted entrepreneurs as “global heroes” who can lead us out of the current economic...
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