This article reviews evidence on the labor market performance of Hispanics in the United
States, with a particular focus on the US-born segment of this population. After discussing …

on the African American example. Mexican Americans intermarry much more than do blacks,
live in less segregated areas, and face less labor market discrimination, which suggests a …

Sharp decreases in union membership over the last fifty years have caused many to dismiss
organized labor as irrelevant in today's labor market. In the private sector, only 8 percent of …

Latino Homicide is the first empirically based, but readable book for courses to counter the
conventional wisdom that immigrant populations only contribute crime to their communities …

Between 1850 and 1930, demographic upheaval in the United States was connected to
reorganization of the racial order. Socially and politically recognized boundaries between …

In recent decades, rapid growth of the US Hispanic population has raised concerns about
immigrant adaptation, including fertility. Empirical research suggests that Hispanics …

This paper examines patterns and trends in racial inequality in poverty and affluence over
the 1959–2015 period. Analyzing data from decennial censuses and the American …

Detailing the stunning rise of high frequency trading (HFT) in his 2014 best-seller Flash
Boys, Michael Lewis argues that high frequency traders have rigged the stock market to the …

How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in
1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country …

“Drawing on the Athenian tradition of 'wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a
contingently defined polis,'Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis …