ETHNIC ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY IN MID-20TH-CENTURY GOTHAM

This paper uses census data to examine the distinction between ethnic economy effects and industry effects in the New York SMSA. Focusing on ly on employees, I compare the attainments of ''insiders,'' that is, o f ethnics within their ethnic economy industries, with the attainment of ''outsiders'' in the same industries. I find little difference. I t hen examine whether the industries in which ethnic economies are embed ded offer all incumbents significantly different outcomes than do non- ethnic economy industries. In slightly over half the industries associ ated with an ethnic economy, earnings were significantly higher than a verage; no effect on occupational status was uncovered. These results suggest that industrial location is more consequential than being an ' 'insider.''