The educational enrollment of immigrant youth: a test of the segmented-assimilation hypothesis.

An analysis of 1990 census data on the educational enrollment of 15- to 17-year-old immigrants to the United States provides partial support for predictions from both the segmented-assimilation hypothesis and the immigrant optimism hypothesis. Most immigrant adolescents, especially from Asia, are as...

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Publicado en:Demography Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 317 - 337
Autor principal: Hirschman, Charles
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. August 2001
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