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Alejandro Portes
Researcher at University of Miami
Publications - 329
Citations - 68103
Alejandro Portes is an academic researcher from University of Miami. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immigration & Population. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 326 publications receiving 65573 citations. Previous affiliations of Alejandro Portes include Princeton University & Levy Economics Institute.
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Educational progress of children of immigrants: The roles of class, ethnicity, and school context.
Alejandro Portes,Dag MacLeod +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that parents' socioeconomic status (SES), length of U.S. residence, and hours spent on homework significantly affected the students' academic performance, but did not eliminate the effects of ethnic community.
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Making it Underground: Comparative Material on the Informal Sector in Western Market Economies
TL;DR: The authors examines the informal economy and its relationship to commonly held theories of industrial development, and finds that these assumptions are wrong, including the identification of informality with conditions in the less developed countries, are wrong.
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Gaining the upper hand: Economic mobility among immigrant and domestic minorities
Alejandro Portes,Min Zhou +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the labour market experiences of three immigrant minorities in the United States are reviewed and contrasted with the three principal theories bearing on ethnic poverty and economic mobility: cultural assimilation, human capital acquisition, and industrial restructuring.