Research shows the children of educationally-select immigrant groups benefit from a cultural
advantage that allows them to realise higher educational outcomes than scholars would …

Sociologists show that the high levels of college-educated adults found in specific immigrant
communities become a social resource, called ethnic capital, which is accessed in co-…

Recent immigrants to the United States are diverse with regard to selectivity. Hyper-selectivity
refers to a dual positive selectivity in which immigrants are more likely to have graduated …

We review recent social science research on the socioeconomic mobility of immigrants to
the United States by focusing on the educational, occupational, and income attainments …

In this dissertation, I investigate variation in the socio-economic mobility pathways used by
the children of immigrants in suburban Los Angeles. I rely on four years of observation, 135 …

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Around the world bureaucratic forms of state coordination are being displaced by new
techniques of participatory governance; changes that blur the boundaries between government, …

This study investigates why and how Americans of various social locations are choosing
Mandarin Immersion Programs, a form of bilingual education, as a source of cultural and …

The hierarchical racial structure in the United States are products of continuous power
struggles among ethnoracial groups and have reinforced continuing white racial dominance …