Feliciano, Cynthia, 1973-

Unequal origins immigrant selection and the education of the second generation / [electronic resource] : Cynthia Feliciano. - New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006. - xi, 177 p. : ill. - The new Americans . - New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-166) and index.

Introduction -- Explaining ethnic differences: cultural and structural views -- Those who stay and those who leave -- Immigrant origins and second-generation ambitions -- Immigrant origins and second-generation attainment -- Upwards, downwards, sideways?: the assimilation trajectories of contemporary immigrant groups -- Conclusion: unequal origins, unequal outcomes.


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Children of immigrants--Education--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
Immigrants--Education--Cross-cultural studies.
Educational attainment--United States--Cross-cultural studies.


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LC3746 / .F45 2006eb

371.826/9120973