The economic status of the Hispanic population : selected essays

In 2010, Hispanics represented one out of every six people in the U.S. (up from one out of eight in 2000), such that the economic status of this population has become increasingly important for the economic direction of the nation. This volume brings together a group of scholars who analyze a variet...

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Other Authors Mora, Marie T. (Editor), Davila, Alberto E. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
SeriesHispanic population in the United States (Charlotte, N.C.)
Subjects
Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions.
Social Science > Cultural & Ethnic Studies > American > Hispanic & Latino Studies.
Ethnic studies.
United States of America, USA.
Relating to Latin, Hispanic American people.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614240
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-188-6
Physical Description1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface. Acknowledgements. List of contributors
  • Chapter 1. An overview of hispanic economic outcomes in the first decade of the 2000s / Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila
  • Chapter 2. Educational expectations and realities for young latinos / Mark Hugo López
  • Chapter 3. The evolution of hispanic literacy in the twenty-first century: From the first to the third generation / Arturo Gonzalez
  • Chapter 4. Poverty among hispanics in the United States / Mary J. Lopez
  • Chapter 5. A multilevel analysis of latinos' economic inequality: A test of the minority group threat theory / Carlos Siordia and Ruben Antonio Farias
  • Chapter 6. Rural latinos: An assessment of evolving conditions / Refugio I. Rochín
  • Chapter 7. The economy and latinos: Trying to find affordable care with high medical costs and the economic recession / Jillian Medeiros and Gabriel Sanchez
  • Chapter 8. Hispanic origin and obesity: Different risk factors, different responses / Veronica Salinas, Jillian Medeiros, and Melissa Binder
  • Chapter 9. Market work, home production, personal care and leisure: Time allocation trajectories of hispanic immigrant couples / Andres J. Vargas
  • Chapter 10. Lessons learned and issues raised about hispanic economic outcomes / Alberto Dávila and Marie T. Mora
  • Appendix: Major datasets used
  • About the editors.

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