Earnings attainment of Chinese Americans : a multilevel analysis / / Bibin Qin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824691603321
• Autore: Qin Bibin <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-59332-350-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Collana: The new Americans
• Disciplina: 305.895/1073
• Soggetti: Chinese Americans - Social conditions; Chinese Americans - Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Socioeconomic Profiles of Chinese Americans -- Individual Characteristics and Earnings -- Contextual Characteristics and Earnings -- Conceptual Model and Hypotheses -- Data, Measurement of Variables, and Multilevel Approach -- Individual, Contextual, and Cross-Level Effects on Earnings -- Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Index.