Fitting In: SocioEconomic Attainment Patterns of ForeignBorn Egyptians in the United States Academic Article

abstract

• This paper analyzes socioeconomic attainment patterns of foreignborn Egyptians in the United States, as tabulated in the 1980 U. S. Census. This is achieved first through an examination of their earnings, followed by an analysis of the rate at which their human capital characteristics are converted into wages.The findings suggest that this more recent immigrant group has likely attained higher earnings largely because of their skills and educational levels. Thus, while assimilation theory posits the crucial importance of time as a linkage to higher socioeconomic attainment, this may not necessarily be the case for these immigrant men and women.

authors

• Poston, Dudley

published proceedings

• Sociological Inquiry

author list (cited authors)

• ElBadry, S., & Poston, D. L.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• El‐Badry, Samia||Poston, Dudley L

publication date

• April 1990

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4403 Demography
• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1990.tb00135.x

start page

• 142

end page

• 157

volume

• 60

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.1990.tb00135.x