The making of an immigrant niche
Waldinger, R.
International Migration Review 28(1): 3-30
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0197-9183 PMID: 12287276 DOI: 10.2307/2547023Document Number: 287755
"This article speaks to the conceptual and methodological issues in research on the making of an immigrant niche through a case study of immigrant professionals in New York City government." The author argues that "the growth of this immigrant niche resulted from changes in the relative supply of native workers and in the structure of employment, which opened the bureaucracy to immigrants and reduced native/immigrant competition. These shifts opened hiring portals; given the advantages of network hiring for workers and managers, and an immigrant propensity for government employment, network recruitment led to a rapid buildup in immigrant ranks."