Geographic mobility of the foreign-born Chinese in large metropolises, 1985-1990
Geographic mobility of the foreign-born Chinese in large metropolises, 1985-1990
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DOI:
10.2307/2547325
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发表时间:
1999-03-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Brown, D
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作者:
Fang, D;Brown, D
The spatial assimilation and ethnic resources models, two major theoretical explanations of the adaptation of immigrants, provide different views on the mechanism of spatial mobility of immigrants. We used the 1990 census 5 percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) to analyze the migration of foreign-born Chinese in three large metropolises - New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We tested the two explanations in this study and argue that our results largely support the assimilation model. In addition, we contend that macroeconomic conditions of ethnic enclaves and characteristics of ethnic economies are also important in affecting the geographic redistribution of immigrants.