AAPI Nexus: Employment/Work Issues 3:2 (2005)

This issue of AAPI Nexus is the first of two devoted to AAPI work and employment issues. Three articles related to the “glass ceiling” are slated for publication in early 2006. The majority of the articles in the present issue focus on other kinds of barriers and problems. For the vast majority of AAPIs, as for all Americans, the primary determinant of financial wellbeing is earnings from employment. In the United States, the social status of one’s family, economic forces, and institutional factors play fundamental roles in shaping fortunes. Human capital, the combination of formal education and on-the-job experience, affects productivity, which, in turn, plays some role in determining wages and earnings. Outcomes, however, do not rest solely on merit. Indeed, for many minorities, racial discrimination remains a potent barrier. For minorities who are immigrants, there are additional cultural and linguistic hurdles to decent employment. Given these multiple dimensions, it is not surprising that the labor-market status of AAPIs is complex—one requiring several disciplinary approaches to understanding the patterned outcomes, the factors that shape them, and the behavior of individuals and firms. We are fortunate to have contributors for this and the subsequent issues with training in economics, sociology, social welfare, communications, and the law. In keeping with the journal’s mission, the writers come from both the academy and the community.

Guest Editor: Deborah Woo

Authors:
Stuart J. Ishimaru, Karin Mak and Grace Meng, Don Mar, Paula Chakravartty, Julian Chun-Chung Chow, Kathy Lemon Osterling and Qingwen Xu, Siri Thanasombat and John Trasviña.

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Read the Message From the Editors: “AAPI Labor Market Status and Challenges” by Deborah Woo and Paul Ong

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