Doctoral Dissertation Research: Immigration Household Demand and the Domestic Service Labor Market

小行星9701367 虽然迄今为止的许多研究都在研究移民到美国的过程和移民的原因，但很少有人关注移民对移民集中的城市的美国社会的变革性影响。 本研究探讨了美国家庭结构中越来越多的移民家庭佣工供应与本地中产阶级妇女就业模式之间的关系。 具体而言，据推测，通过扩大家政服务劳动力，女性移民鼓励了本地中产阶级妇女在高移民率城市的劳动力参与率的增长。 目前试图解释女性劳动力供应和家庭劳动的性别分工的模型并不能解释当地普遍存在的家政服务就业，尽管许多轶事证据表明这是一个关键因素。 通过确定美国城市女性劳动力供应和移民的历史趋势，将探讨这种关系的动态及其与其他事实的关联。 此外，在一个低移民和高移民城市，对雇主家庭和移民家庭的民族志访谈将阐明国内劳动力供求关系的机制。 来自美国人口普查磁带和出版物的数据将与纽约市和费城60名清洁工和保姆的访谈数据一起进行沿着分析。 ****

9701367 Ruggie While much research to date examines the process of immigration to the U.S. and the reasons for immigrating, little attention has been paid to the tranformative impact of immigration on American society in cities where immigrants are concentrated. This research explores the relationship between an increasingly plentiful supply of immigrant domestic workers upon American family structure and the employment patterns of native, middle-class women. Specifically, it is hypothesized that by expanding the domestic service labor force, female immigration has encouraged growth in labor force participation by native, middle-class women in cities with high immigration rates. Current models which seek to explain female labor supply and the gendered division of household labor do not account for the local prevalence of domestic service employment, although much anecdotal evidence indicates it is a critical factor. By identifying historical trends in female labor supply and immigration across U.S. cities, the dynamics of this relationship, and its association with other facts, will be explored. In addition, ethnographic interviews with employer households and immigrant domestics in a low- and high-immigration city will illuminate the mechanisms through which supply and demand for domestic labor articulated. Data from U.S. Census tapes and publications will be analyzed along with data from 60 interviews with housecleaners and babysitters in New York City and Philadelphia. ****