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100 _aMora, Marie T.,
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245 1 0 _aPopulation, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans :
_bLa Crisis Boricua /
_cMarie T. Mora, Alberto Dávila and Hávidan Rodríguez ; foreword by Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz.
264 1 _aLanham, Maryland :
_bLexington Books,
_c[2018]
300 _axxiv, 217 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 195-204) and index.
505 0 _aForeword / Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz -- The elusive American dream: La Crisis Boricua in perspective -- The growth and emergence of the Puerto Rican "Nation": Economic development, mass migration, and popualation composition -- 2006: The Year of the Perfect Storm and the Onset of La Crisis Boricua -- On the Recent Puerto Rican Migrants -- Migration and Changes in the Settlement Patterns of Puerto Ricans -- How Were Puerto Ricans Faring in the New Settlements versus Traditional Areas -- The Role of Gender on Puerto Rican Social Mobility Outcomes -- Shaping the Business and Political Landscape on the Mainland -- The Continued Evolution of Politics and Socioeconomic Processes and Policies: Puerto Rico in the Twenty-first st Century -- Appendix A: Major datasets employed and details on selected variables -- Appendix B: Empirical methodology and selected estimation details -- Appendix C: About the book cover.
520 _aAt the landmark centennial anniversary of the 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act, which granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship, the island confronts an unfolding humanitarian crisis initially triggered by an acute economic crisis surging since 2006. Analyzing large datasets such as the American Community Survey and the Puerto Rican Community Survey, this book represents the first comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic and demographic consequences of “La Crisis Boricua” for Puerto Ricans on the island and mainland, including massive net outmigration from the island on a scale not seen for sixty years; a shrinking and rapidly aging population; a shut-down of high-tech industries; a significant loss in public and private sector jobs; a deteriorating infrastructure; higher sales taxes than any of the states; $74 billion in public debt plus another $49 billion in unfunded pension obligations; and defaults on payments to bondholders. This book also discusses how the socioeconomic and demographic outcomes differ among stateside Puerto Ricans, including recent migrants, in traditional settlement areas such as New York versus those in newer settlement areas such as Florida and Texas. Florida is now home to 1.1 million Puerto Ricans (essentially the same number as those living in New York) and received a full third of the migrants from the island to mainland during this time. Scholars interested in the transition of migrants into their receiving communities (regardless of the Puerto Rican case) will also find this book to be of interest, particularly with respect to the comparative analyses on earnings, the likelihood of being impoverished, and self-employment.
650 0 _aPuerto Ricans
_zUnited States
_xEconomic conditions.
650 0 _aPuerto Ricans
_zUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aPuerto Rico
_xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 _aPuerto Rico
_xPopulation.
651 0 _aPuerto Rico
_xEconomic conditions
_y1952-
651 0 _aPuerto Rico
_xSocial conditions
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700 _aDávila, Alberto E.,
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_9303237
700 _aRodríguez, Havidán,
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