Poverty and Work Effort among Urban Latino Men

This research examines the extent of poverty among working men in urban labor markets and analyzes differences in the risk of working poverty among Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and non-Latino White men. Using data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample, the research documents sizable ethnic diff...

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Published in:Work and occupations 2000-05, Vol.27 (2), p.188-222
Main Authors: HAUAN, SUSAN M., LANDALE, NANCY S., LEICHT, KEVIN T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attachment
Cuban Americans
Cubans
Cultural differences
Earnings
Employment
Employment Level
Employment Opportunities
Ethnic
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Human capital
Immigration
Labor
Labor force
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Labor Force Participation
Labor Legislation
Labor Market
Labour market
Language instruction
Latin American Cultural Groups
Low Income Groups
Males
Men
Mexican Americans
Mexicans
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Occupation
Participation
Poverty
Puerto Rican Americans
Puerto Ricans
Racial Differences
Risk
Social policy
Sociology
Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Studies
U.S.A
Urban population
Urban poverty
Wages & salaries
Welfare Services
White people
Whites
Workers
Working Men
Working population. Employment. Women's work
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Summary:This research examines the extent of poverty among working men in urban labor markets and analyzes differences in the risk of working poverty among Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and non-Latino White men. Using data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample, the research documents sizable ethnic differences in rates of working poverty and ascertains the extent to which those differences are explained by labor market attachment, human capital, employment position, and labor market context. Labor force attachment clearly reduces the risk of poverty for men, but levels of attachment do not explain ethnic differences in poverty among workers.
ISSN:0730-8884
1552-8464
DOI:10.1177/0730888400027002004