Converting Education into Income and Occupational Status Academic Article

abstract

• This article extends an earlier investigation of differences among European immigrant groups in the United States in the extent to which they convert educational attainment into income. The size of the sample has been significantly enlarged, making it possible to include more ethnic groups and to increase the number of factors taken into account. The present analysis examines the conversion of educational achievement into income and into occupational status. Special attention is focused on the earlier finding that, among second-generation immigrants, those with only the father foreign born are most effective in converting education into earnings. 1980, Pacific Sociological Association. All rights reserved.

authors

• Poston, Dudley

published proceedings

• Sociological Perspectives

author list (cited authors)

• Martin, W. T., Poston, D. L., & Goodman, J. D.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Martin, Walter T||Poston, Dudley L||Goodman, Jerry D

publication date

• January 1980

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Sociological Perspectives  Journal

keywords

• 4 Quality Education
• Prevention

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1388824

start page

• 297

end page

• 314

volume

• 23

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1388824

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education