title: Japan's growing economic activities and the attainment patterns of foreign-born Japanese workers in the United States, 1979 to 1989.
abstract: "This study examines the impact of the economic activities of Japan in the United States on the socioeconomic attainments of foreign-born Japanese male workers in 1979 and 1989. It demonstrates that working in wholesale trade, finance and manufacturing industries, three major sectors of Japanese investment in America, provided foreign-born male Japanese workers with the highest likelihood of assuming managerial positions. Moreover, the managerial occupation in turn provided the Japanese workers with the highest earnings returns. This pattern is consistent over time and by length of residence. The results suggest the importance of Japan's economic globalization since the 1970s in explaining the socioeconomic attainment patterns of foreign-born Japanese workers in the United States."
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D007182:Income; D007564:Japan; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Conditions; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Foreigners; Immigrants; Income; Japan; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States