title: Unemployment among Mexican immigrant men in the United States, 2003-2012.
abstract: Based on their socioeconomic characteristics, Mexican immigrant men should have very high unemployment. More than half do not have a high school diploma. One in four works in construction; at the height of the recent recession, 20% of construction workers were unemployed. Yet their unemployment rates are similar to those of native-born white men. After controlling for education and occupation, Mexican immigrant men have lower probabilities of unemployment than native-born white men - both before and during the recent recession. I consider explanations based on eligibility for unemployment benefits, out-migrant selection for unemployment, and employer preferences for Mexican immigrant labor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Box 353340, Seattle, WA 98195, United States. Electronic address: jdlaird@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laird
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060389:Construction Industry; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014478:Unemployment; D014481:United States
keywords: Assimilation; Immigration; Labor market; Unemployment