Determinants of employment of recently arrived Mexican immigrant at wives

Women are playing an increasing role in Mexican immigrant flows to the Unit ed States and are becoming more involved in the Mexican immigrant workforce in this country. Unfortunately, relatively little attention has been paid to their post-immigration labor market experiences. This study, based on da ta from the 1990 Public-Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), focuses on a multileve l analysis of the determinants of employment among married Mexican-origin w omen who immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. The analytical model incorporates the individual wife's human capital, family household resourc es, and the areal structural labor market conditions that describe the loca l labor environment. From this model, nine hypotheses are derived and exami ned through logistic regression. The results provide support for all but tw o of the hypotheses.