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Title: Income & Ethnicity in America
Post by: Drij on February 18, 2007, 12:42:06 PM

any info on this, stats? how well do immigrant's and their children do? Income and education.

I'm not talking about refugees - europeans, asians, south asians??


whats the proportion of americans compared to immigrants in top tier university's?

Title: Re: Income & Ethinicity in America
Post by: sandycoosworth on February 18, 2007, 12:44:02 PM

generally speaking (and keeping in mind its been 4 years since my labor economics days)

when people come to north amreeka it takes about 17 years for them to catch up with and surpass those born here ... but they to catch up with and surpass our income levels :)

Title: Re: Income & Ethnicity in America
Post by: Camel Jockey on February 18, 2007, 12:49:19 PM

Some nice stats regarding education and income levels. Not only for asians, but also for african immigrants. This stuff will surprise you.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minorities