Immigration Reform and the Latino Small Service Sector

Teresa A. Sullivan

Review of Policy Research, 1992, vol. 11, issue 2, 153-164

Abstract: Immigration reform is a policy of particular concern within the low‐wage service sector and among self‐employed ethnic entrepreneurs. This study uses U. S. Census microdata to show that Latino entrepreneurs differ in earnings by nativity and industry. Although foreign‐born entrepreneurs usually have lower earnings than native‐born Latino entrepreneurs, the situation reverses itself among restaurateurs and small retailers. The study then uses data from the “Six‐City Study” to examine nativity and industry as variables affecting attitudes toward IRCA. High levels of support toward IRCA are reported, but the expected variations by nativity and industry emerge.

Date: 1992
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