The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants
Increasingly, market-based job search institutions, such as employment agencies and ethnic media, are playing a more important role than migrant networks for low-skilled Chinese immigrants searching for jobs. We argue that two major factors are driving this trend: the diversification of Chinese immi...
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doaj-19ea3da993594c228253fea8f1ebbd492020-11-25T00:10:58ZengRussell Sage FoundationRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences2377-82532377-82612018-01-0141789510.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.05The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese ImmigrantsZai Liang0Bo Zhou1State University of New York at AlbanyState University of New York at AlbanyIncreasingly, market-based job search institutions, such as employment agencies and ethnic media, are playing a more important role than migrant networks for low-skilled Chinese immigrants searching for jobs. We argue that two major factors are driving this trend: the diversification of Chinese immigrants’ provinces of origin, and the spatial diffusion of businesses in the United States owned by Chinese immigrants. We also identify some new niche jobs for Chinese immigrants and assess the extent to which this development is driven by China’s growing prosperity. We use data from multiple sources, including a survey of employment agencies in Manhattan’s Chinatown, job advertisements in Chinese-language newspapers, and information on Chinese immigrant hometown associations in the United States.https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.1.05employment agenciesnetworksChinese immigrantsethnic mediajob niches |
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The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants |
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The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants |
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The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants |
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The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants |
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The Rise of Market-Based Job Search Institutions and Job Niches for Low-Skilled Chinese Immigrants |
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rise of market-based job search institutions and job niches for low-skilled chinese immigrants |
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Russell Sage Foundation |
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |
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2377-8253 2377-8261 |
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2018-01-01 |
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Increasingly, market-based job search institutions, such as employment agencies and ethnic media, are playing a more important role than migrant networks for low-skilled Chinese immigrants searching for jobs. We argue that two major factors are driving this trend: the diversification of Chinese immigrants’ provinces of origin, and the spatial diffusion of businesses in the United States owned by Chinese immigrants. We also identify some new niche jobs for Chinese immigrants and assess the extent to which this development is driven by China’s growing prosperity. We use data from multiple sources, including a survey of employment agencies in Manhattan’s Chinatown, job advertisements in Chinese-language newspapers, and information on Chinese immigrant hometown associations in the United States. |
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employment agencies networks Chinese immigrants ethnic media job niches |
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