Richard Alba|Amy Lutz|Elena Vesselinov
How enduring were the inequalities among European immigrant groups in the United States?
University at Albany, State University of New York|University at Albany, State University of New York|University at Albany, State University of New York
longstanding unresolved issue study racial ethnic groups concerns persistence initial inequalities among groups recently surfaced study us immigrant groups george borjass 1994 claim human capital differences among earlytwentiethcentury immigrant groups reflected relative socioeconomic achievements third generations reexamining claim find borjass analysis hinges series problematic decisions inclusion noneuropean groups well failure take ethnically mixed ancestry account compensate weak correspondence eastern europe ethnic ancestry national frontiers early 1900s replicate portion analysis correcting problems results reveal correspondence literacy first generation educational attainment third among european groups borjass analysis seems go farthest astray including noneuropeans especially mexicans systematic legal social liabilities suffered groups