| Brown-Collar
Occupations in Local Labor Markets
Lisa
Catanzarite (CSRC)
Research Assistants: Nadav Gabay and Paula Gutiérrez (both Ph.D.
students in sociology, UC-San Diego).
Description: This project utilizes 1990 Census Public Use Microdata
Sample (PUMS) data on large, immigrant-receiving metropolitan areas to
illuminate the earnings attainment process in brown-collar occupations
(where immigrant Latinos concentrate). The analyses represent the first
application of hierarchical modeling to questions concerning immigrant
employment and elucidate occupation-level processes across multiple markets.
These investigations further understanding of the importance of low-skilled
immigration for earnings among less-educated workers.
External Grants: Russell Sage Foundation, $15,532; Spencer Foundation,
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| Maquiladora
Murders Project
Gaspar de Alba, Alicia (Chicana/o Studies, English)
Undergraduate Assistants:
Elena Aviles, Angelica Marin, Heather Mastertou.
Interns: Mike Amezcua, Sarah Duran, Elena Aviles, Cuauhtemoc Ortega,
Karla Padron, Carolina Chavez, Sandra Ruiz, Maria Romero.
Description: Three-day international conference, "The Maquiladora
Murders, Or, Who Is Killing the Women of Juárez?" held in Fall 2003. The
event brought together scholars, students, journalists, artists, activists,
writers, and policy specialists as well as mothers of the victims in a
series of roundtable discussions and presentations. Under the guidance
of Gaspar de Alba, students conducted research throughout the academic
year and will develop an installation for the conference. Co-sponsors:
Amnesty International, V-Day, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History,
¡Ni Una Mas! (student group).
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