Population, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans (eBook)

La Crisis Boricua

Alberto Davila, Marie T. Mora, Havidan Rodriguez (Autoren)

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2017
242 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-1687-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book renders a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the socioeconomic and demographic outcomes of Puerto Ricans during Puerto Rico’s severe economic crisis. This book is a valuable resource for scholars interested in Puerto Rico and economic, social mobility, migration, demographic, or public policy issues for Hispanics and Latinos.

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At 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 "e;La Crisis Boricua"e; 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.

Autor

Marie T. Mora is professor of economics and associate vice provost for faculty diversity at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.Alberto Dávila is professor of economics and associate dean for administration, graduate studies and research at the Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.Havidán Rodríguez is professor and president of the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Inhalt

Chapter 3: 2006: The Year of the Perfect Storm and the Onset of La Crisis BoricuaChapter 4: On the Recent Puerto Rican MigrantsChapter 5: Migration and Changes in the Settlement Patterns of Puerto RicansChapter 6: How Were Puerto Ricans Faring in the New Settlements versus Traditional AreasChapter 7: The Role of Gender on Puerto Rican Social Mobility OutcomesChapter 8: Shaping the Business and Political Landscape on the MainlandChapter 9: The Continued Evolution of Politics and Socioeconomic Processes and Policies: Puerto Rico in the 21st Century

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Vorwort: Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz
• Zusatzinfo: 52 Illustrations including: - 28 Black & White Illustrations; - 24 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: Island-mainland migration • Jones Act • Operation Bootstrap • promesa • Puerto Rican migration • Puerto Ricans in Florida • Puerto Ricans on mainland • Puerto Rico • Puerto Rico debt • Puerto Rico economic crisis • Section 936
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-1687-4 / 1498516874
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1687-7 / 9781498516877