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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Getting to the Bottom of Texas' Latino Pay Gap
By Pia Orrenius, Madeline Zvodny and Emily Kerr

Hispanic Business News
 
Summary:
Latinos born in the US make up for a majority in Texas but a minority in the rest of the nation. Natives usually earn more than immigrants, so it is expected that the US born Latinos will have a relatively high Latino Wages. However, this is not the case in Texas. There is a large difference between the wages of Latinos and non-Hispanic whites and it is significantly larger in Texas than in the rest of the country.

There are several factors that predict why thy Latinos of Texas earn less than the rest of the country. One of the main factors that produce this difference is education. Texas Latinos have fewer years of schooling than a non-Hispanic whites in Texas and other Latinos living in distinct parts of the US. About 40% of the Latinos age 25 and over didn’t graduate from high school, compared with just 5% of the Texas non-Hispanic whites.  Another factor is that Texas Latinos are less likely to work. Only 2/3 are employed compared with 74% of the non-Hispanic whites. This is explained by the women’s decisions about working outside the home compared to the non-Hispanic white women. As well, many Latinas have left school in order to work at home due to cultural differences with non-Hispanic white women.

Even though all children born in the US are automatically citizens and second-generation Latinos are fluent in English, they haven’t equalized the education with the non-Hispanic whites. Many Latinos have left school in order to support their families since Latinos tend to have higher poverty rates, lower incomes and larger families. Its is important to understand the social and economic factors behind the Latino wage gap since they represent the fastest-growing demographic group in Texas and 38%of its labor force. It is predicted that by 2030, they will make up majority of the state’s population.

Read the full article here: http://dallasfed.org/research/swe/2009/swe0904b.cfm