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

9701367鲁吉虽然到目前为止有很多研究考察了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城市的美国社会的变革影响。这项研究探讨了美国家庭结构中日益丰富的移民家庭佣工供应与本土中产阶级女性就业模式之间的关系。具体地说，假设通过扩大家政服务劳动力，女性移民鼓励了移民率高的城市本地中产阶级女性参与劳动力的增长。目前的模型试图解释女性劳动力供应和家庭劳动的性别分工，但没有解释家政服务就业在当地的普遍存在，尽管许多坊间证据表明，这是一个关键因素。通过确定美国各城市女性劳动力供应和移民的历史趋势，将探索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政人员的人种学访谈将阐明家政劳动力的供求机制。来自美国人口普查磁带和出版物的数据将与对纽约市和费城的房屋清洁工和保姆的60次采访的数据一起进行分析。****

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. ****