Contending Tradeoffs: IRCA, Immigrants, and the Southern California Restaurant Industry

Richard A. Morales

Review of Policy Research, 1992, vol. 11, issue 2, 143-151

Abstract: The impact of immigrant labor in the Service sector is best understood by focusing on the organization of production within firms and its effect on employer demand for labor. This analysis of the San Diego restaurant industry identifies a two tier occupational structure, where employers have selectively recruited undocumented immigrants to fill back‐house positions. Conversely, the target hiring of the U.S.‐born for visible front‐house positions completes the cost‐effective symmetry which has allowed this industry to flourish. Although the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) threatens this arrangement, its policy effectiveness remains extremely problematic.

Date: 1992
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