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The State of Puerto Ricans 2013

 

THE STATE OF PUERTO RICANS 2013

Edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos

Published 2013

92 pages; notes, works cited, index; 8.5 x 8.5

ISBN: 978-1-878483-72-0  (paperback) 

Price: $15.00 paperback

About this book

The State of Puerto Ricans, 2013 collects in a single report the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report presents a picture of endurance and resiliency in the midst of declining opportunity.


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Table of Contents

The State of Puerto Ricans 2013: Introduction by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos

HOW MIGRATION IS TRANSFORMING THE LANDSCAPE

Demographic Transitions: Settlement and Distribution of the

Puerto Rican Population in the United States by Carlos Vargas-Ramos and Juan C. García-Ellín

Puerto Rican Migration in the 21st Century: Is There a Brain Drain? by Kurt Birson

Internal Migration of Puerto Ricans in the United States by Juan C. García-Ellin

EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION

The Puerto Rican Education Pipeline: New York City, New York State and the United States by Luis O. Reyes and Anna Rosofsky

School, Work and the Transition of Puerto Rican Youth to Adulthood by Edwin Meléndez, M. Anne Visser, Roseni Plaza and Raúl Segura

The Economic Impact of the Great Recession on Puerto Ricans in the United States by Kurt Birson and Edwin Meléndez

OLD PROBLEMS, NEW CHALLENGES

Health of Puerto Ricans in the United States: 2000–2010 by Anna Rosofsky and Judith Aponte

The Human Development Index: How do Puerto Ricans Measure Up by Raúl Segura and Kurt Birson

Housing Characteristics: Research Brief by Anna Rosofsky

Puerto Rican Civic and Political Participation at the Turn of the 21st Century by Carlos Vargas-Ramos

 

About the Author

Edwin Meléndez is the director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College. An economist by training, he has conducted considerable research in the areas of Puerto Rican and Latino studies, economic development, labor markets and poverty.

Carlos Vargas-Ramos is a research associate at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies where he works on the impact of migration on Puerto Rican political behavior, political attitudes and orientations as well as on their racial identity.

 

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