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Peer reviewedStier, Haya; Tienda, Marta – International Migration Review, 1992
Results from analyses of census data for 997 immigrant Mexican wives, 347 Puerto Ricans, and 405 other Hispanics in comparison with 1,210 native-born counterparts and 8,766 white wives indicate that the labor force behavior of Hispanic wives is highly responsive to their earning potential. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedMorrissey, Marietta – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 1999
Examines various services available to migrant farmworkers and their families in northwest Ohio, including labor recruiting, welfare services, health services, day care and Head Start, and legal services. Argues that although such services were established ostensibly to help farmworkers, they assist farmers in crucial ways and help perpetuate the…
Descriptors: Day Care, Employment Services, Government Role, Human Services
Newman, Allen R. – Migration Today, 1982
The assumption that Mexican emigration to the United States provides benefits to Mexico in the form of jobs for unemployed Mexicans and wage remittances has kept Mexican officials from discouraging illegal emigration. In fact, emigration drains the Mexican economy and should be a cause for Mexican government concern. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economic Development
