title: Geographic mobility of the foreign-born Chinese in large metropolises, 1985-1990.
abstract: "The spatial assimilation and ethnic resources models, two major theoretical explanations of the adaptation of immigrants, provide different views on the mechanism of spatial mobility of immigrants. We used the 1990 census 5 percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) to analyze the migration of foreign-born Chinese in three large metropolises--New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We tested the two explanations in this study and argue that our results largely support the assimilation model. In addition, we contend that macroeconomic conditions of ethnic enclaves and characteristics of ethnic economies are also important in affecting the geographic redistribution of immigrants."  This paper was originally presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
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authors.lastname: Fang
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authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D002140:California; D002681:China; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011287:Prejudice; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Acculturation; Americas; Asia; California; China; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Ethnic Groups; Foreigners; Geographic Factors; Immigrants; Migrants; Migration; Migration, Internal; Nationality; New York; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Segregation; Spatial Distribution; United States; Urban Spatial Distribution