title: Caribbean immigrants:  a black success story?
abstract: "This article examines the 1980 earnings and earnings attainment process of Afro-Caribbean immigrants [to the United States] relative to Afro-Americans, native-born whites and foreign-born whites. Controlling for gender, the comparisons consider Caribbean Islanders as a whole and disaggregated by nation of origin.  The results indicate that, in 1980 at least, fact did not justify the opinion that any West Indian subgroup had higher gross or net earnings than native-born blacks.  Rather, a few non-English speaking subgroups fared worse.  In addition, regardless of national background, Caribbean-born men experienced vast earnings disparities relative to white men.  This was not the case for West Indian women, whose net earnings were, at minimum, equivalent to those of white women.  Further analysis suggests that, for most Caribbean groups, West Indian background adds little to an understanding of the earnings attainment process that cannot be obtained from other measurable characteristics."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Model
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D044465:White People
keywords: Americas; Blacks; Caribbean; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Income; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; North America; Northern America; Place Of Birth; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States; Whites