IMMIGRATION AND WAGE CHANGES OF HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUTS

Authors
Citation
Me. Enchautegui, IMMIGRATION AND WAGE CHANGES OF HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUTS, Monthly labor review, 120(10), 1997, pp. 3-9
Citations number
12
Journal title
ISSN journal
00981818
Volume
120
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1818(1997)120:10<3:IAWCOH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
From 1979 to 1989, the earnings gap between immigrant and native high school dropouts remained virtually unchanged, but it increased substan tially in areas of high immigration; the growing proportion of immigra nt high school dropouts explains some of the earnings change.