Summary Winter 2000–2001

A special project report by Senior Scholar Joel Perlmann outlines research he has been conducting on immigration, ethnic assimilation, and social mobility in America. Summaries of the sessions held at a related conference on multiraciality also appear in this issue.

Contents: Conference on multiraciality and the 2000 Census · Project Report: Ethnicity, Assimilation, and Social Mobility in America · Racial wealth disparities · Asset ownership across generations · A reassessment of export-led growth · Demographic outcomes of ethnic intermarriage in American history · Call for papers · Announcement of upcoming conferences