title: Socioeconomic dualism: the case of Israeli-born immigrants in the United States.
abstract: Relying on the 1980 US Census of Foreign-Born Population and the 1979 Immigration and Naturalization Service Public Use File, this article compares Israeli-born Americans (including Arabs) to both the US and Israeli populations with respect to age, marital status, unemployment, education, industry, occupation, and income as of 1979-1980.  Some of the results, mainly those pertaining to the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Israeli immigrants as compared to their society of origin, corroborate previous research.  Thus, Israeli-born immigrants in the US held top white-collar jobs and were less likely to be unemployed than the rest of the Israeli labor force.  Once in America, however, it seems that not all Israeli-born Americans are as successful as portrayed by past research.  In fact, the Census data reveal occupational and economic dualism among the population of Israeli-born Americans.  The reasons for this dualism are discussed.
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authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007557:Israel; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment; Foreigners; Human Resources; Income; International Migration; Israel; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Nationality; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Occupations; Origin; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Unemployment; United States; Western Asia