In contrast to their relative standing in today's labor market, in 1960 American-born men in all Asian groups earned substantially less than comparable Whites. This paper analyzes the large relative gain in the earnings of American-born Asian men by exploring plausible explanations for this progress, namely Asian/White differences in schooling, labor force participation, entrepreneurial and agricultural employment, English language proficiency, and foreign-born parentage.
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