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| Valdivia, Corinne; Dozi, Pedro V.; Martelo, Emma Zapata. |
| Migration patterns are changing from large metropolis to rural towns. Rather than temporary migration of male heads of households the patterns are now for families to migrate in various stages. Rural Missouri towns have attracted newcomers. Foreign born Hispanics in non metro Missouri have low income earnings, and education, mobility and being woman have a negative effect on income earnings, as regression results show. The livelihoods of rural newcomers are vulnerable, with low income, multiple adults working in the households and with limited English proficiency. This is consistent with the life stories of women in a small town near a meat processing plant in Missouri. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92638 |
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| Valdivia, Corinne; Dozi, Pedro V.. |
| Non-metro Missouri has observed a net in-migration in the last decennial period and great part of these immigrants are Latinos (Lazos and Jeanetta). The literature contends that Latinos are being pulled into the rural areas by large agricultural operations and pushed out of urban areas by harsh immigration laws, and low job availability. The "context of reception" (Portes and Rumbaut) of communities where Latino newcomers settle impacts on how well they can integrate to the economy and settle as residents. This research addresses the factors explaining vulnerabilities faced by Latinos, and their economic conditions in non-metro Missouri, using the 2000 Census and Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) as well as county level data on racial profiling and the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Context of reception; Immigration; Latinos; Livelihood; Racial profiling; Vulnerability; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19551 |
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