Some interesting Census Bureau data on median household income of Asian Americans vs. White Households.pic.twitter.com/m3LfWaxdhL
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There are also economic barriers to migration. Wealthier individuals and families have greater capacity to make the move.
Yes for China and India, but not for some southeast Asian countries like Vietnam.
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I’m not sure I’m clear on your argument. Wealth is a comparative advantage in the ability to migrate, one would expect to see effects of this in a variety of group-specific economic markers.
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Sure, recent Chinese and Indian immigrants come with distinct educational advantages. But the Vietnamese who came after the war, for example, were very poor and traumatized by violence. The same is true, to a certain extent, for Hmong and Cambodians who are also on the list.
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