Doctoral Dissertation Research: Educational and Occupational Outcomes of Adult Children of Brazilian Immigrants in the US

博士论文研究：美国巴西移民成年子女的教育和职业成果

• 批准号: 0727933
• 负责人: Leah VanWey
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-15 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0727933&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Educational; Occupational

SES-0727933Leah VanWeyKara CebulkoIndiana UniversityRecent sociological research focusing on children of immigrants has shown that some variables (i.e., darker racial phenotypes and low human capital of parents) increase the chances of downward assimilation while other factors can act as protective barriers against downward assimilation (i.e., strong co-ethnic communities and use of biculturalism) However, the effects of important factors, including documentation status and local community context, on educational, occupational, and political incorporation processes have been underexplored. This dissertation research builds on theories of segmented assimilation to study these aspects of incorporation among 1.5 and second generation children of Brazilian immigrants. Using both survey data collected on Brazilian households and 50 in-depth interviews with adult children of Brazilian immigrants, this project examines the ways in which documentation status and local community context affect the experiences of Brazilian immigrants, particularly their incorporation into American society. This research also contributes to sociological understandings of immigrant incorporation by extending the segmented assimilation approach not only to political incorporation, but also to the relationship between educational/occupational incorporation and political incorporation. Moreover, it speaks to more general theories of social stratification and higher education as it considers how documentation status acts as an axis of stratification, which unlike class and race, formally excludes individuals from society. More broadly, this research is important for policy makers as they discuss the rights of immigrants to higher education, financial aid to pay for such education, and pathways to citizenship for children of immigrants.

SES-0727933 Leah VanWeyKara Cebulko印第安纳大学最近对移民子女的社会学研究表明，一些变量（即，较暗的种族表型和父母的低人力资本）增加了向下同化的机会，而其它因素可以作为防止向下同化的保护性障碍（即，然而，包括证件状况和当地社区背景在内的重要因素对教育、职业和政治融合进程的影响尚未得到充分探讨。本论文的研究建立在分段同化理论的基础上，研究这些方面的融合之间的1.5和第二代巴西移民的子女。该项目利用对巴西家庭收集的调查数据和对巴西移民成年子女进行的50次深入访谈，研究了证件状况和当地社区背景如何影响巴西移民的经历，特别是他们融入美国社会的情况。本研究也有助于社会学的理解移民纳入扩大分割同化的方法，不仅政治融入，但也教育/职业融入和政治融入之间的关系。此外，它谈到了社会分层和高等教育的更一般的理论，因为它考虑了文件状态如何作为分层的轴心，这与阶级和种族不同，正式将个人排除在社会之外。更广泛地说，这项研究对政策制定者来说很重要，因为他们讨论了移民接受高等教育的权利，支付这种教育的财政援助，以及移民子女获得公民身份的途径。