Soviet Jews in the United States: an analysis of their linguistic and economic adjustment
| Autor: | B R, Chiswick |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Employment
Transients and Migrants Economics Communication Developed Countries Culture Population Population Dynamics Emigration and Immigration United States Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Jews North America Ethnicity Income Population Characteristics Americas Social Change Acculturation Demography Language USSR |
| Zdroj: | The International migration review. 27(2) |
| ISSN: | 0197-9183 |
| Popis: | "This article reviews the literature and analyzes 1980 Census data to study English language fluency and earnings among Soviet Jews [in the United States]. The literature review reveals: 1) the importance of employment and attaining premigration occupational status for self-esteem; 2) the difficulty of adjusting to the wide range of choices in the United States; 3) the greater difficulty and economic importance of learning English; and 4) the rapid linguistic and economic mobility. The multivariate analysis supports the latter two points. Soviet Jews have a difficult initial adjustment, but after five years in the United States they achieve parity in English fluency and earnings with other European immigrants, ceteris paribus." |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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