Author: James P. Smith
Smith uses data to examine the advances of immigrant Hispanics. The article is straight forward, has solid methodology, and contains sound regression data. Smith concludes, “fears are unwarranted: 2nd and 3rd-generation Hispanic men have made great strides in closing their economic gaps with native whites. The reason is simple: each successive generation has been able to close the schooling gap with native whites which then has been translated into generational progress in incomes”.
Readers may also be interested in Richard Rodriquez book Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez.
Smith, J. (2004). Assimilation across the Latino Generations. American Economic Review, 93(2), 315-319. Retrieved from Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality: https://inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/media/_media/pdf/Reference%20Media/Smith_2003_Immigration.pdf
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