Some interesting Census Bureau data on median household income of Asian Americans vs. White Households.pic.twitter.com/m3LfWaxdhL
It's almost as if a culture of stable families, academic excellence, hard work, and entrepreneurship is the path to success.
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There are also economic barriers to migration. Wealthier individuals and families have greater capacity to make the move.
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Yes for China and India, but not for some southeast Asian countries like Vietnam.
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To the extent these families are made up of recent immigrants, they're somewhat cherry-picked; the average Indian who immigrates to the U.S. is not representative of the broader set of Indians. It might be interesting to compare Indians/Taiwanese/etc. vs. white Americans who ...
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... have both immigrated to some third country. Canada maybe? Australia? UK? Presumably the set of white Americans who've emigrated to another wealthy nation are (like Indians) not representative of the larger set of White Americans.
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And personal responsibility
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Exactly. These immigrant groups have the right attributes (family, education, work) and America has the right framework (capitalism, rule of law, entrepreneurial rewards) for them to succeed. It's actually quite beautiful.
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Selection bias - Indian and Chinese immigrants typically immigrate on employment visas, have advanced degrees. Other immigrants mostly via family, diversity, refugee visas etc.
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Who would have thought.
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