Intermarriage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Identity and Human Capital for Mexican Americans

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J.
• 署名单位: Children's Hospital Colorado; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/658088
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 195-227
• 关键词: segmented-assimilation; 2nd-generation decline; CHILDREN; identification; education; marriage; mobility

摘要

We investigate whether selective intermarriage and endogenous ethnic identification interact to hide some of the intergenerational progress achieved by the Mexican-origin population in the United States. In part, we do this by comparing an objective indicator of Mexican descent (based on the countries of birth of the respondent and his parents and grandparents) with the standard subjective measure of Mexican self-identification (based on the respondent's answer to the Hispanic-origin question). For third-generation Mexican American youth, we show that ethnic attrition is substantial and could produce significant downward bias in standard measures of attainment that rely on ethnic self-identification.