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Do immigrants work in riskier jobs?
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Recent media and government reports suggest that immigrants are more likely to hold jobs with poor working conditions than U.S.-born workers, perhaps because immigrants work in jobs that “ natives don’t want.” Despite this widespread view, earlier studies have not found immigrants to be in riskier jobs than natives. This study combines individual-level data from the 2003-2005 American Community Survey with Bureau of Labor Statistics data on work-related injuries and fatalities to take a fresh look at whether foreign-born workers are employed in more dangerous jobs. The results indicate that immigrants are in fact more likely to work in risky jobs than U.S.-born workers, partly due to differences in average characteristics, such as immigrants’ lower English-language ability and educational attainment.
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- Authors
- Orrenius, P. M., & Zavodny, M.
- Venue
- Demography
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2009-08-01
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 535-551
- ISSN
- 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2097678595
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 18
- FWCI
- 45.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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