1st Edition

Underemployment Among Asians in the United States Asian Indian, Filipino, and Vietnamese Workers

By Anna B. Madamba Copyright 1999
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Contrary to the stereotype which depicts them as economic successes, Asian workers have a high incidence of underemployment when compared to white workers. This book integrates immigration and labor market trends into an analysis of the economic assimilation of Asians in the U.S. It examines four forms of underemployment (unemployment, part-time employment, working poverty, and job mismatch) for... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Asian Immigration to the United States, Chapter 3 Data and Methods, Chapter 4 A Descriptive Profile of Asian Underemployment in the United States, Chapter 5 Determinants of Asian Labor Force Participation, Chapter 6 Determinants of Asian Underemployment, Chapter 7 The Underemployment of Asian Workers: Concluding Thoughts, Bibliography

Biography

Anne B. Madamba, Gordon De Jong