| Using data from the 1990 5% Public Use Micro Sample, a measure of geographic density was used to test for the effects of geographic concentration on the 1989 earnings of Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Puerto Ricans in New York City. Education, labor market experience, hours worked, marital status, race, citizenship status, period of immigration, English-language proficiency, occupation, and industrial sector were also included in the regression analyses. The study also analyzed the effects of geographic concentration on household incomes, while controlling for household composition and the individual characteristics of the head of the household.;The findings indicate that the effects of geographic concentration on earnings are primarily negative, both for entrepreneurs and private-sector workers, and that, net of the effects of human capital, there are important differences in earnings associated with individual characteristics. Aspects of ethnic solidarity and their relationship to community economic development are also discussed. |
