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Title: Establishing Immigrant Legacies: A Study of Immigrant Homeownership in the United States
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1. Sanchez, Luis A.
Establishing Immigrant Legacies: A Study of Immigrant Homeownership in the United States
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2013.
Also: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/19659
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Keyword(s): Home Ownership; Immigrants; Mobility, Social

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This dissertation focuses on the intersection of homeownership and immigrant assimilation. Homeownership is emphasized because of its importance in establishing positive legacies crucial to social mobility of subsequent generations. The dissertation addresses three questions related to immigrant homeownership. First, how are immigrants and subsequent generations faring in the transition to first-time homeownership? Second, how does immigrant homeowner attainment differ in non-traditional settlement areas commonly described as “new destinations?” Lastly, how does immigrant homeownership influence immigrant children’s educational attainment? The dissertation consists of three substantive studies. The first is a longitudinal analysis of the transition to first-time homeownership among a cohort of youths followed from 1979 to 2009 using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY, 1979). In particular, it examines ethno-generational group differences in first-time homeownership over an observation period that spans thirty years while testing theories of straight-line and segmented assimilation.
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Sanchez, Luis A. Establishing Immigrant Legacies: A Study of Immigrant Homeownership in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2013..