More than a quarter century of research has generated fruitful results and new insights into
the understanding of the lived experiences of the new second generation, which broadly …

The influence of immigrant‐background adolescents' heritage language (HL) proficiency
and use of the language on parent–adolescent relationships and ethnic identity was …

For many entrepreneurs, the American Dream remains only partially fulfilled. Unequal
outcomes between the middle and lower classes, men and women, and Latino/as, whites …

Outstanding Academic Title from 2011 by Choice Magazine While newly arrived immigrants
are often the focus of public concern and debate, many Mexican immigrants and Mexican …

Segmented assimilation theory has been a popular explanation for the diverse experiences
of assimilation among new waves of immigrants and their children. While the theory has …

This study provides a critical investigation of the research on immigrant entrepreneurship
and economic integration of immigrants. Based on a sample of 44 articles, the paper shows …

The concept of segmented assimilation is both the most important and most controversial
idea to have emerged over the past twenty years from the literature on the children of …

The study of US racial and ethnic relations is often reduced to the study of racial or ethnic
relations. This article reveals the limitations of a focus on ethnicity or race, in isolation, and …

Mexican women constitute an increasing proportion of labor migrants to the United States.
They are segregated into a handful of low‐wage occupations, disadvantaged by global …

This study examines how race and generational status shape self‐employment propensities
and industry‐sector prestige among the self‐employed in the US It draws on theories of …