Labor & Economic News Blog


Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Mexican Americans' upward mobility declines after third generation

Mexican Americans' upward mobility declines after third generation
Immigrants coming to America expect that each generation will do better than the first. In this week's Snapshot, EPI's Algernon Austin illustrates that Mexican Americans experience that upward mobility, but only until the third generation, when upward mobility stalls and reverses in subsequent generations.

 



<< Blog Home

 

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?