title: The middleman minority characteristics of Korean immigrants in the United States.
abstract: "This paper examines the middleman minority characteristics of Korean immigrants in the United States.  Like middleman groups in other societies, Korean immigrants in the United States are heavily concentrated in small business.  A large proportion of Korean-owned businesses distribute merchandise to minority customers on behalf of large corporations.  Korean merchants, like other middleman groups, maintain strong ethnic cohesion, which facilitates their commercial activities.... We conclude that Korean immigrants in the United States exhibit middleman minority characteristics."
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolodny
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D003132:Commerce; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D007723:Korea; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008913:Minority Groups; 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; Commerce; Commercial Sector; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Immigrants; Korea; Macroeconomic Factors; Marketing; Migrants; Migration; Minority Groups; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States