School-to-work Transitions in the United States
How Immigrants and Natives Differ
ResearchPosted on rand.org 1998Published in: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States: Immigration Incorporation (Industrial Development and the Social Fabric, Vol. 14, Part A) / Hermann Kurthen, Jürgen Fijalkowski; and Gert Wagner (eds.) (Greenwich, CT : JAI Press, 1998), Chapter 4, p. 47-72
This research analyzes whether and how immigrant and native high school graduates who are leaving school without college degrees and entering the workforce differ during their school-to-work transitions. Specifically this analysis asks questions about the relationship between being an immigrant and the decisions involved in leaving school and finding employment.
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- Copyright: JAI Press
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- Year: 1998
- Document Number: EP-50263
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