Immigrant Women in Los Angeles

Rebecca Morales and Paul Ong
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Paul Ong: Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UCLA

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 1991, vol. 12, issue 1, 65-81

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the changing industrial structure, nature of job opportunities and income among Latin American immigrants in Los Angeles to illustrate their shifting employment position within the economy. Using regression analysis of secondary data, we conclude that the extent of stable employment is growing and increasingly filled by immigrant women. This trend is contributing to a nation-wide trend toward the bifurcation of income and employment evident since the late 1970s. The Los Angeles example is suggestive of how flexibility is achieved in an increasingly global economy, and demonstrates the centrality of female immigrant labor to this process.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X91121006

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