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dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Brianen
dc.contributor.authorTrejo, Stephen J.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-01-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:35:29Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:35:29Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008062518en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35261-
dc.description.abstractUsing microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their ethnicity (or Hispanic origin) and their ancestry. We investigate whether different patterns of responses to these questions reflect varying degrees of ethnic attachment. For example, those identified as Mexican in both the Hispanic origin and the ancestry questions might have stronger ethnic ties than those identified as Mexican only in the ancestry question. How U.S.-born Mexicans report their ethnicity/ancestry is strongly associated with measures of human capital and labor market performance. In particular, educational attainment, English proficiency, and earnings are especially high for men and women who claim a Mexican ancestry but report their ethnicity as not Hispanic. Further, intermarriage and the Mexican identification of children are also strongly related to how U.S.-born Mexican adults report their ethnicity/ancestry, revealing a possible link between the intergenerational transmission of Mexican identification and economic status.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3552en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.ddc300en
dc.subject.keywordMexicanen
dc.subject.keywordethnicityen
dc.subject.keywordancestryen
dc.subject.keywordintermarriageen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwMexikaneren
dc.subject.stwEthnopsychologieen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleAncestry versus ethnicity: the complexity and selectivity of Mexican identification in the United States-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn57163382Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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