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Do Employer-Sponsored Immigrants Fare Better in Labor Markets Than Family-Sponsored Immigrants?

Julia Gelatt
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2020, 6 (3) 70-93; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2020.6.3.04
Julia Gelatt
aSenior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., United States
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    Major Class of Entry for Those Securing Green Cards, FY 2014–2018 Average

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    Employment Rates of Immigrant Men in Wave One and Two, by Class of Entry

    Source: Author’s analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from wave one

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    Employment Rates of Immigrant Women in Wave One and Two, by Class of Entry

    Source: Authors’ analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from wave one

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    Share of Employed Workers Who Are Self-Employed and Employ Others

    Source: Author’s analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from wave one

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    Mean Job Zones Among Employed Workers

    Source: Author’s analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from wave one

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    Mean Change in Job Zone Between Wave One and Wave Two, Among Those Employed in Both Waves

    Source: Author’s analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from zero change in job zone

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    Mean Job Zone Before Migration, in First U.S. Job, at Wave One, and at Wave Two

    Source: Author’s analysis of New Immigrant Survey data, weighted for sampling design and for wave two nonresponse (Jasso et al. 2006, 2014).

    Note: USC = U.S. citizen.

    *p < .05, denotes significance of difference from pre-migration job zone

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: 6 (3)
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