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36 publications found, searching for 'Joel Perlmann '

• Working Paper No. 312
  August 01, 2000

  Demographic Outcomes of Ethnic Intermarriage in American History

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  This paper presents a new approach to measuring the extent of intermarriage among Americans of different ethnic origins. Using Census Bureau microdata and CPS data, measurements of the rates of…more

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• Working Paper No. 240
  July 01, 1998

  The Place of Cultural Explanations and Historical Specificity in Discussions of Modes of Incorporation and Segmented Assimilation

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  In this new working paper, Senior Scholar Joel Perlmann discusses cultural, structural, and contextual explanations of segmented assimilation among the children of immigrants. In it he addresses a number of…more

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• Working Paper No. 230
  March 01, 1998

  The Romance of Assimilation?

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  Little research has been done on the role of intermarriage in the blending of peoples in the American past, and even less has been done on the effect of past…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 35
  October 08, 1997

  Reflecting the Changing Face of America

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  On the United States’ census form, American citizens are told they may list any ethnic ancestries with which they identify, but are instructed to “mark one only” in the question…more

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• Working Paper No. 200
  August 01, 1997

  Second Generations

  Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger
  Abstract

  This paper takes a doubting, though friendly, look at the hypotheses of “second generation deciine” and “segmented assimiiation” that have framed the emerging research agenda on the new second generation….more

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• Working Paper No. 195
  June 01, 1997

  “Multiracials,” Racial Classification, and American Intermarriage—The Public’s Interest

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  How the census of 2000 is to count “multiracial” people is a hot topic in Washington. A federal task force presented a draft of its recommendations in July, and the…more

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• Working Paper No. 182
  December 01, 1996

  Literacy among the Jews of Russia in 1897

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  Researchers exploring Jewish literacy have traditionally ignored the Russian Census of 1897 on the grounds that it underreported Jewish literacy. Most have felt that the low literacy percentage reported for…more

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• Working Paper No. 181
  December 01, 1996

  Which Immigrant Occupational Skills?

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  Researchers have long sought explanations for the success of Jews who migrated to the United States at the turn of the century in attaining middle-class status. East European Jews arrived…more

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• Working Paper No. 174
  November 01, 1996

  The Second Generation and the Children of the Native-Born

  Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger
  Abstract

  Recent discussion and some preliminary research have given a negative prognosis for children of immigrants. Senior Scholar Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger, professor of sociology at the University of California…more

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• Working Paper No. 172
  October 01, 1996

  Selective Migration As a Basis for Upward Mobility?

  Joel Perlmann
  Abstract

  The upward mobility of Jews who migrated to the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century has been explained as a function of premigrational cultural characteristics (such as…more

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• Working Paper No. 168
  June 09, 1996

  Assimilation

  Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger
  Abstract

  Assimilation of today’s immigrants is one topic in the current debate on immigration. Some observers assert that recent immigrants are unable to assimilate into American society as easily as past…more

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• Working Paper No. 148
  November 01, 1995

  Does an Independent Central Bank Violate Democracy?

  Joel Perlmann and Roger Waldinger
  Abstract

  The question of central bank independence is one of degree. A completely independent central bank is impossible as long as a country has provisions for altering central bank powers, even…more

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