Migrant Response to Industrialization in Four Rural Areas, 1965-70

摘要

Immigrants competed on a limited scale with residents for new jobs in four industrializing rural areas in Arizona, the Central Ozarks, Mississippi, and Arkansas during 1965-70. About 22 percent of the jobs surveyed were obtained by new and returning immigrants, although there apparently was sufficient excess labor locally to fill most positions. In general, immigrants tended to be younger and to have more education than residents, and they were more likely to fill the managerial positions.