This is a migrant's world: Städtische ethnische Arbeitsmärkte am Beispiel New York City

Felicitas Hillmann

No FS I 97-103, Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Organization and Employment from WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Abstract: The basic assumption of this paper is that labor markets are structured by various characteristics. Not all groups of the population do have equal access to the labor market. Additionally, citizenship and national origin ("ethnicity") influence the employees' positioning within the labor market. In the United States, which views itself as a country of immigration, the ethnicization of particular sectors of the labor market as well as the development of "ethnic enclaves" and the development of the affiliated "ethnic businesses" have been analyzed for a number of years. The discussion will be drawn out on the basis of the related scientific literature to date. What models and theoretical jumping-off points have characterized the topic of "Ethnicity and Labor Markets" in the American literature and to what degree was (and is) ethnicity seen as a formative characteristic of American labor markets? This paper briefly discusses American migration policy, and then moves to a retrospective look at the beginnings of the migration debate and its development through the 1980s. The evaluation of the most recent literature (after 1990) focuses more closely on the immigration metropolis of New York City. In the conclusion, the various lines of argument used in the discussion will be brought together. The applicability of these concepts to the European context is also discussed.

Date: 1997
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