Doctoral Dissertation Research: Multiethnic Populations, Career Trajectories, and Socioeconomic Mobility

在美国，高移民率再次提出了有关族裔多样性对社会经济流动模式以及种族和族裔群体之间不平等程度的影响的重要问题。然而，尽管移民和族裔多样性对多族裔社会中的种族和族裔分层有潜在影响，但研究尚未审查这些因素对一生中社会流动模式的影响。虽然以前的研究主要集中在大都市地区的特点与同期的种族和民族劳动力市场的差距，本研究的贡献是研究社区的多民族方面，影响美国工人的职业轨迹。应用交叉分类的多层次增长曲线模型，从全国青年纵向调查和美国人口普查局的数据，这项研究将提供一个全面的评估社会力量，促进种族，民族和性别群体之间的代际社会经济流动性的差异模式在后民权时代。特别关注的是移民和种族多样性对职业成就的影响，收入增长，并从年轻到中年的本地出生的工人获得的工作经验。这项研究的传播将影响更广泛的社会，帮助研究人员，决策者，教师和学生更好地了解种族多样性增加对其社区的社会和经济福祉的影响。

In the United States, high rates of immigration have once again raised important questions concerning the effect of ethnic diversity on patterns of socioeconomic mobility and levels of inequality between racial and ethnic groups. However, despite the potential effect of immigration and ethnic diversity on racial and ethnic stratification within multiethnic societies, research has yet to provide an examination of the impact of these factors on patterns of social mobility over the life course. While prior research focuses extensively on metropolitan area characteristics related to contemporaneous race and ethnic labor market disparities, the contribution of this research is to examine the multiethnic aspects of communities that affect the career trajectories of American workers. Applying cross-classified multilevel growth curve models to data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and U.S. Census Bureau, this research will provide a comprehensive assessment of the social forces contributing to the differential patterns of intragenerational socioeconomic mobility among race, ethnic, and gender groups in the post-civil rights era. Particular attention is given to the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on occupational attainment, earnings growth, and acquired work experience of native born workers from young to middle adulthood. The dissemination of this research will impact the broader society by helping researchers, policy makers, teachers, and students to better understand the effects of increasing ethnic diversity on the social and economic well-being of their communities.