TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pitkin, John
A1  - Myers, Dowell
T1  - A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S.
Y1  - 2011/02/11
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 257
EP  - 292
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.12
VL  - 24
IS  - 12
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/12/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/12/24-12.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/12/24-12.pdf
L3  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/12/files/Workbook.xls
N2  - This paper proposes a method for summarizing the pace of advancement of the foreign-born population in a given period. The method standardizes for variations in the duration of residence or age composition of immigrant groups, attainments possessed by different groups when first observed after entry, and other temporal effects on measured advances, forming an index of Expected Lifetime Advance based on the pace of change in a period. The measure is applied to Mexican and Asian immigrants. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, the rates of advancement for Mexicans accelerated in six out of seven social, economic, and civic outcomes. Rates of advancement for Asians were similar in both decades.

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