Geographical Differentials in the Socioeconomic Status of Puerto Ricans: Human Capital Variations and Labor Market Characteristics.

Enchautegui, Maria E.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Geographical Differentials in the Socioeconomic Status of Puerto Ricans: Human Capital Variations and Labor Market Characteristics.

Enchautegui, Maria E.

International Migration Review, v26 n4 p1267-90 Win 1992

Examines the role of human capital and labor market characteristics in explaining geographic and individual differentials in socioeconomic outcomes of Puerto Rican women in mainland United States. Human capital plays a larger role than do labor market characteristics in the better socioeconomic performance of Puerto Ricans outside the Northeast. (SLD)

Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Females, Geographic Regions, Heads of Households, Hispanic Americans, Human Capital, Individual Differences, Labor Force, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Puerto Ricans, Regional Characteristics, Residential Patterns, Socioeconomic Status, Welfare Services

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Language: English

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