The Effects of Human Capital, Social Capital, and the Ethnic Enclave Economy on the Earnings of Immigrants (The Case of the Mariel Cuban Émigrés)

<p>This thesis analyzes the extent to which an enclave economy affects the earnings of immigrants compared to that of human and social capital. Ordinal Least Squares (OLS) multiple regressions are used to compare the degree of effects of independent variables on earnings: the first equation is the baseline model for the enclave economy, the second incorporates human capital, and the third incorporates social capital. The dependent variable is monthly earnings. The independent variables include (1) a set of control variables, (2) the primary and enclave labor-markets, and (3) human and social capital characteristics. Findings show that an enclave economy has a far less extensive and significant effect on immigrants' earnings than human and social capital. The analysis also reveals that sex and hours worked per week affect immigrants' earnings to a much greater extent than an enclave economy.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Social Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2002

Author dc:creator

• West, Todd MacEgan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peggy G. Hargis
• Gary Hytrek

• ETD
• Enclave economy
• Mariel Cuban immigrants
• Social capital
• Human capital
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/22

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd_legacy-1208