Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Beyond Low Skills, Skill Levels and the Labor Market Role of immigrants, Contrasts Between Low-Skilled Immigrants and Natives, Methodology and Scope, The Restaurant Industry, Outline of the Book, 2 Immigrant Workers and the Immigration Process, The Restaurant Industry, Full-Service Restaurants, Immigrant Workers and the Immigration Process 3 Immigrant Owners, The Immigrant Sector, Advantages for Immigrants Working in the Sector, Advantages for Owners, The Origins of immigrant Entrepreneurship, The Garment Industry, 4 Weak Labor Force Attachment and Low-Skilled Natives, The Fast-Food Sector, The Intermediate Sector, The Retail Food Industry, Contrasting Employment Systems, 5 Immigrants and Native Youth and Women, The Labor Supply of Teenagers, Young Adults, and Women, The Impact of Immigration, 6 Formal and Informal Labor Market Processes: Native-born Black Men , The Restaurant Industry, The Construction Industry, 7 Immigrants and Black Men, The Impact of Immigration, The Restaurant Industry, The Garment Industry, The Construction Industry, The General Impact, 8 The Impact of Legal Status, Market Wages, Enforcement of the Minimum Wage, Unionization, Employer Knowledge of Legal Status 9 Conclusion, Immigration Policy

About the Author

Thomas R Bailey