Black like us? The Occupational Integration of Black Immigrants

Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji and Patrick L. Mason

No 34864, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper examines Black immigrant occupational integration. We create an Index of Revealed Advantage in Migration, which captures international differences in selectivity. Except for Caribbean-English and Other Immigrants, first generation Black immigrants have lower occupational achievement than native-born Non-Hispanic African Americans, that is, “Native born Blacks.” However, second generation Black immigrants have greater occupational achievement Native born Blacks. Except for Caribbean-English and Other Immigrants, first generation Black immigrants have lower occupational achievement than native-born Non-Hispanic white-only Americans that is, “Native born Whites.” Second generation Africans have statistically identical occupational achievement with Native born Whites; otherwise, each group of second generation Black immigrants has lower occupational achievement Native born Whites.

JEL-codes: J61 J62 J7 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02
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Forthcoming: Black Like Us? The Occupational Integration of Black Immigrants , Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, Patrick L. Mason. in The Economics of Race and Stratification , Logan. 2026

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