title: Immigrant and native ethnic enterprises in Mexican American neighborhoods: differing perceptions of Mexican immigrant workers.
abstract: This study uses original data from a large sample of businesses located in Mexican ethnic neighborhoods (barrios) in Texas and California to analyze how perceptions of the economic roles of Mexican immigrant workers differ among 3 employer groups:  native ethnic, immigrant ethnic, and non-ethnic.  It was found that the immigrant ethnic employer group depends more on Mexican immigrants as workers and as consumers than does the native ethnic group, which tends in many ways to be more like the non-ethnic group.  Differences between results for localities on the border with Mexico and those for non-border localities are also discussed.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cardenas
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002140:California; D003132:Commerce; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013781:Texas; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; California; Commerce; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; Hispanics; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Neighborhood; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Spatial Distribution; Texas; United States