Black and immigrant labor force participation in America |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy;2. Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Italy;3. Department of Economics, Università Bocconi, Italy;1. Department of Management and Production Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129, Torino, Italy;2. Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;3. Department of Management and Production Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129, Torino, Italy;4. BRICK Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy;5. Future Urban Legacy Lab - Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy;1. Department of Economics, University of California-Davis, USA;2. LEAP, Stellenbosch University, South Africa;3. National Bureau of Economic Research, USA |
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| Abstract: | Model minority theory frequently ascribes blame for the socioeconomic condition of African Americans to their own lack of positive work-related attitudes. Data from the 1990 Census of Population are used to assess the relative work situation of three major Black groups in America–African Americans, African, and Caribbean immigrants. The findings are not supportive of the hypothesis that African Americans are less motivated to work relative to their Black immigrant counterparts. Rather, a key finding is that the employment status of Black natives and immigrants is a function of the income or money available to individuals. Once Blacks are employed, there are no differences in work intensity between African Americans and their African and Caribbean immigrant counterparts. |
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