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The persistence of immigrant-dominated firms and industries in United States : the case of California
[Las empresas y las industrias californianas que emplean inmigrantes mejicanos]

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  • Wayne Cornelius

    (UC - University of California)

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Drawing on data collected through field studies in California from 1982 through 1988, this paper explains the persisting employer demand of low-skilled Mexican labor in the United States as a response to the need to maximize flexibility and reduce costs in the face of an increasingly competitive domestic and world economy. The author develops a profile of the archetypal « immigrant dependent » firm in the United States and describes several different paths to reliance upon Mexican labor. It is argued that greater attention to the determinants of employer demand is necessary, if we are to understand more fully the difficulties encountered by the United States in restructuring its labor markets so as to reduce the dependence on foreign-born labor market.

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  • Wayne Cornelius, 1990. "The persistence of immigrant-dominated firms and industries in United States : the case of California [Las empresas y las industrias californianas que emplean inmigrantes mejicanos]," Post-Print halshs-04624268, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04624268
    DOI: 10.3406/remi.1990.1228
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