Asian‐Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education1
Asian‐Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education1
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重新审视亚裔美国人的收入劣势：教育地点的作用1
作者：
Zhen Zeng;Yu Xie
过去的研究表明，亚裔美国人，特别是亚裔移民，在同等教育水平下的收入低于白人。然而，很少有研究探讨为什么存在这种收入劣势。本文调查了这种劣势是否以及在多大程度上可以归因于外国教育在美国就业市场的价值较低。通过比较四组工人的收入-美国出生的白人，美国出生的亚裔美国人，在美国接受教育的亚洲移民，以及在移民之前完成教育的亚洲移民，我们研究了白人和亚裔美国人之间的收入差距，这些差距归因于种族，出生地和教育地点。我们的研究结果表明：（1）在美国出生的白人、在美国出生的亚裔美国人和在美国受教育的亚裔移民之间没有收入差异;（2）在外国受教育的亚裔移民的收入比其他三组工人低约16%。我们的结论是，教育的地方起着至关重要的作用，在分层的亚裔美国人，而种族和出生本身是无关紧要的，一旦教育的地方被考虑在内。
Past research has reported that Asian‐Americans, and Asian immigrants in particular, have lower earnings than do whites within the same levels of education. However, few studies have explored why this earnings disadvantage exists. This article investigates whether and to what extent this disadvantage can be attributed to the lower value of foreign education in the U.S. job market. By comparing earnings of four groups of workers—U.S.‐born whites, U.S.‐born Asian‐Americans, U.S.‐educated Asian immigrants, and Asian immigrants who completed education prior to immigration, we examine earnings gaps between whites and Asian‐Americans that are attributable to race, nativity, and place of education. Our results show that (1) there is no earnings difference across U.S.‐born whites, U.S.‐born Asian‐Americans, and U.S.‐educated Asian immigrants, and that (2) foreign‐educated Asian immigrants earn approximately 16% less than the other three groups of workers. We conclude that place of education plays a crucial role in the stratification of Asian‐Americans, whereas race and nativity per se are inconsequential once place of education is taken into account.