title: Palestinian and Jewish Israeli-born immigrants in the United States.
abstract: "This article considers both Arab and Jewish emigration from Israel to the United States, relying on the 5 percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) of the 1980 U.S. census.  Using the ancestry and language questions to identify Jews and Arabs, we found that over 30 percent of Israeli-born Americans are Palestinian-Arab natives of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip.  While the Jews are of higher educational levels, hold better jobs and enjoy higher incomes than their Arab counterparts, both groups have relatively high socioeconomic characteristics.  Both have high rates of self-employment, particularly the Palestinian-Arabs, who appear to serve as middlemen minority in the grocery store business in the cities where they reside.  The fact that nearly a third of Israeli-born immigrants are Arabs accounts for the occupational diversity previously observed of Israelis in America but does not account for their income diversity as much as does differences between early and recent immigrants."
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tyree
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D007182:Income; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Asia; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Income; International Migration; Israel; Jews; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Place Of Birth; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States; Western Asia