Are Asian Americans Disadvantaged by Residing More in the West Migration, Region, and Earnings among Asian American Men英文文献资料.docVIP

Sociology Mind 2012. Vol.2, No.2, 158-168 Published Online April 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/sm) /10.4236/sm.2012.22021 Are Asian Americans Disadvantaged by Residing More in the West? Migration, Region, and Earnings among Asian American Men Isao Takei , Arthur Sakamoto , Daniel A. Powers 1 2 2 1 Department of International Relations, Nihon University, Mishima, Japan 2 Department of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, USA Email: takei.isao@nihon-u.ac.jp Received January 23 , 2012; revised February 26 , 2012; accepted March 28 , 2012 rd th th In studying labor market inequality of Asian Americans, the role of region and migration remain key fac- tors that have not been much taken into account in the prior research. Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), this study examines whether native-born and 1.5-generation Asian Ameri- cans are more likely than whites to reside in the West. We also investigate whether native-born and 1.5-generation Asian Americans have higher earnings than whites when broken down by West versus non-West. In addition to an OLS regression model, a switching regression model is used in order to ac- count the possibility of sample selectivity between wages and region among men who are observed to re- side in the West and in the non-West. This study can therefore ask, net of demographic and socioeco- nomic factors and selectivity, if there is no differential in earnings between Asian Americans and whites in the West, as well as in the non-West. The results of this study indicate that Asian Americans are more likely than whites to currently reside in the West, regardless of age category and nativity. This study also finds