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September 2006

Labor force characteristics of second-generation Americans

Abraham T. Mosisa

Second-generation American workers--those with at least one foreign-born parent--are more racially diverse and better educated than their counterparts in the third-and-higher generation; in terms of labor force status, however, the two groups have similar participation and unemployment rates.

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