The Adaptation of Migrant Children
Date of Publication:
April, 2011
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The authors examine how young immigrants are adapting to life in the United States. They begin by noting the existence of two distinct pan-ethnic populations: Asian Americans, who tend to be the offspring of high-human-capital migrants, and Hispanics, many of whose parents are manual workers.
Vast differences in each, both in human capital origins and in their reception in the United States, mean large disparities in resources available to the families and ethnic communities raising the new generation.
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Portes, A. and Rivas, A. (2011). The Adaptation of Migrant Children. Immigrant Children, 21(1), 219-246.
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