Abstract
Using data from the 2000 US Census, this study investigates various groups of single-race and multi-race Japanese Americans in terms of their schooling and wages. The results indicate that all categories of Japanese Americans tend to have higher schooling than whites. Single-race Japanese Americans tend to have higher schooling than multi-race Japanese Americans, and 1.5-generation Japanese Americans tend to have higher schooling than native-born Japanese Americans. With the exception of foreign-educated, immigrant Japanese Americans, most of the wage differentials are explained by schooling and a few other demographic characteristics. These results are rather inconsistent with traditional assimilation theory which posits rising socioeconomic attainments with increasing acculturation. Instead, the findings suggest a reverse pattern by which the groups that are more closely related to Japan tend to have higher levels of educational attainment which then become translated into higher wages.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1445-1465 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 2 Feb 2011 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2011 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Sociology and Political Science
User-Defined Keywords
- Asian Americans
- Assimilation
- Education
- Japan
- Multi-race
- Racial classification