title: The making of an immigrant niche.
abstract: "This article speaks to the conceptual and methodological issues in research on the making of an immigrant niche through a case study of immigrant professionals in New York City government."  The author argues that "the growth of this immigrant niche resulted from changes in the relative supply of native workers and in the structure of employment, which opened the bureaucracy to immigrants and reduced native/immigrant competition.  These shifts opened hiring portals; given the advantages of network hiring for workers and managers, and an immigrant propensity for government employment, network recruitment led to a rapid buildup in immigrant ranks."
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waldinger
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006076:Government; D006285:Health Planning; D006280:Health Workforce; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Case Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Employment Status; Government; Human Resources; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Manpower Needs; Migrant Workers; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; New York; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Program Activities; Programs; Recruitment Activities; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States