Inter-University Program for Latino Research

Publications

The Economic Impact of the Landscaping and Lawn Care Services Industry on US Latinos
Juan Carlos Guzmán, Cynthia Duarte, and Daniel Martinez
Among the report’s key findings are that Latino households where at least one member is employed by the landscaping and lawn care services industry obtain more than 5 billion in annual income.

Preparing for the Future: Latinos’ Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning
Wei Sun, Gia Barboza and Karen Richman
Over the past three decades, the burden of responsibility for retirement savings has shifted from
employer to employee. Saving for retirement has changed from an insured, employer-provided
benefit to an uninsured employee-provided deduction from a paycheck. When retirement
planning and investment decision-making is largely relegated to individuals, financial literacy is
essential. Financial illiteracy, however, is widespread throughout the population and is of
particular concern for Latinos. Closing the gap between what American workers generally and
Latino workers, in particular, need to know to prepare for retirement and their current level of
preparation is an urgent need.

Causes of Latinos' Low Pension Coverage
Teresa Ghilarducci, Karen Richman and Wei Sun
This study advances the current literature on Latinos' pension participation by separating voluntary exclusion from the involuntary exclusion. Logistic regression analysis of the 2001 Survey of Income Program Participants (SIPP) reveals that immigrant status and country of origin explain why Latinos would voluntarily opt out of participating in their employer's pension plan. Policy reforms that would bolster Latino retirement income security include encouraging plan coverage of part-time and seasonal workers, offering refundable tax credits to low-income workers, requiring automatic enrollment, and enfranchising Latinos into the US financial and Social Security systems.

A Focus Group Study On the Effects of Retirement On Latino Families
Karen Richman
This study of focus group information collected from Latino retirees and Latino working adults reveals that neither the retirees nor their extended families have sufficient income to live comfortably now, let alone to prepare for the future. They help one another adapt to these difficult conditions through informal exchanges of food, childcare, transportation, and money. Latino seniors and Latino working adults are anxious about their own and their children's future retirement security. They want government and business policies to change in order to address this looming crisis.

New!-Hispanic Access to Health Services: Identifying Best Practices for Eligibility and Access to Medicaid and SCHIP Programs (2.27MB)

Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Lorena Garcia, M.P.H., University of California, Davis
Jessica Nuñez de Ybarra, M.P.H., M.D., University of California, Davis
Marisol Cortez, B.A., University of California, Davis
October 2006

Research for this report was funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services via the Office of Minority Health.

NEW REPORTS

Latino-Origin Populations Revisited: Estimatingthe Latino-Origin Group Populations at the National Level and for Selected States, Counties, Cities, and Metro Chicago(1.1MB)
Sung Chun, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
January 2005

Since the release of Latino subgroup population data by the Census Bureau in 2001, many Latino advocacy and community organizations, planners, and scholars have suspected that the official census enumeration represents a severe underestimate of Latino-origin group populations in all parts of the country.

Latinos' Low Pension Coverage and Disenfranchisement from the US Financial System (456k)
Wei Sun, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Teresa Guilarducci, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
December 2004

NEW BRIEFING PAPERS

Anti-Castro Political Ideology among Cuban Americans in the Miami Area: Cohort and Generational Differences (1MB)
Sung Chun, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Guillermo J. Grenier, Ph.D., Florida International University
November 2004

Even though the Florida Cuban American community varies according to generation and the ‘wave’ of immigration that brought immigrants to the United States, social scientists and the public tend to take the community’s monolithic political profile for granted and assume that it remains unchanged over time. Yet careful analysis of recent data reveals that while most Cuban Americans in South Florida are anti-Castro, the level of their fervor varies greatly among generational and wave cohorts.

Electoral Engagement among Latinos (176k)
Mark Hugo Lopez, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
December 2003

This report highlights differences in voter turnout and registrationrates within the Latino community and in comparison to other groups, with a special emphasis on young voters who constitute a larger proportion of the Latino electorate than in other communities. It also examines recent findings about other measures of electoral engagement as revealed in a recent large national survey.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Briefing Papers

"Affirmative Action—Toward an Effective Response: Life after Hopwood." 1997. Briefing Paper Series. Volume 1, Number 1. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., March.

"National Association of Hispanic Journalists Region 5 Convention." 1997. Briefing Paper Series, Volume 1, Number 2. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., October.

"Immigration Reform." 1997. Briefing Paper Series. Volume 1, No. 3. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., October.

Staudt, Kathleen. 1998. "Informal Economics at the US-Mexico Border." Briefing Paper Series. Volume 1, No. 4. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., March.

Dunn, Timothy J. 1998. "The Militarization of the US-Mexico Border." Briefing Paper Series. Volume 1, No. 5, Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex.

Moreno, Susan E. 1998. "US Latinos and Higher Education." Briefing Paper Series. Volume 1, No. 6. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., December.

Milenio Series

Bonilla, Frank. "Brother, Can You Paradigm?" 1997. Milenio Series, Number 1. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex., September.

Hardy-Fanta, Carol. "A Latino Gender Gap? Evidence from the 1996 Election." 2000. Milenio Series, Number 2. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex.

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomas. "Consultation with Latino Arts and Cultural Organizations." Milenio Series, Number 3. Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Austin, Tex.

Reports

Avalos, M., D. L. Poston, E. Ricketts, A. Torres, and A. Valdez. 1992. "Final Report on the IUP Working Group on Latino Life Chances," May.

Benmayor, Rina, Rosa Torruellas, and Ana Juarbe. 1992. "Responses to Poverty among Puerto Rican Women: Identity, Community and Cultural Citizenship." Report to the Joint Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues of IUPLR/SSRC. New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.

———, and Anneris Goris, and Ana Juarbe. 1991. "Affirming Cultural Citizenship in the Puerto Rican Community: The El Barrio Popular Education Program." New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.

Carnoy, Martin, Hugh Daley, and Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda. 1990. Executive Summary: "Latinos in a Changing US Economy: Comparative Perspectives on the US Labor Market Since 1939." Inter-University Program for Latino Research.

———. 1990. Executive Summary: "Latinos in a Changing Economy: Comparative Perspectives on the US Labor Market Since 1939." Inter-University Program for Latino Research.

———. 1990. "Latinos in a Changing US Economy: Comparative Perspectives on the US Labor Market Since 1939," national report. New York: Research Foundation of the City University of New York.

De la Garza, Rodolfo O., Angelo Falcón, F. Chris Garcia, and John A. Garcia. 1992. "Latino National Political Survey: Selected Survey." New York: Institute for Puerto Rican Policy.

Hurtado, Sylvia. 1994. Report on the Latino Faculty Database Project. October.

Poston, Dudley, and Robin M. Blakely. 1990. "Gender Differences in Earnings among the Latino Populations of the United States." Cornell University Population and Development Program.

———, and Zhongke Jia. 1989. "The Economic Attainment Patterns of Foreign-Born Workers in the United States." Cornell University Population and Development Program.

Valdez, Armando, Susan Zeig, and Richard Chabrán. 1992. "Access to Information and Telecommunication Technology: A Survey of Latino Research Centers." December.

Working Papers IUPLR/SSRC

Gilderbloom, John I., and Nestor Rodríguez. 1990. "Hispanic Rental Housing Needs in the United States: Problems and Prospects." Working Paper No. 15, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Buriel, Raymond. 1990. "Academic Performance of Foreign- and Native-Born Mexican Americans: A Comparison of First-, Second-, and Third-Generation Students and Parents." Working Paper No. 14, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Treviño, Fernando, Dorothy Treviño, and Christine Stroup-Benham. 1990. "The Impact of the Feminization of Poverty on Hispanic Households." Working Paper No. 13, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Fernández, Ricardo, KathrynHenn-Reinke, and William Vélez. 1990. "The ASPIRA Five Cities High School Dropout Study." Working Paper No. 12, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Pachon, Harry, and Louis DeSipio. 1990. "Latino Legislators and Latino Caucuses." Working Paper No. 11, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Krivo, Lauren J. 1990. "The Hispanic Immigrant Context and Housing Market Conditions: A Comparison of Anglo and Hispanic Populations." Working Paper No. 10, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Rodríguez, Clara. 1990. "Race Classification among Puerto Rican Men and Women in New York." Working Paper No. 9, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Reimers, Cordelia, and Howard Chernick. 1990. "Hispanic Employment in Municipal Government: Factors Facilitating and Hindering Access to Jobs." Working Paper No. 8, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Vigil, James Diego. 1989. "An Emerging Barrio Underclass: Irregular Lifestyles among Former Chicano Gang Members." Working Paper No. 7, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Chinchilla, Norma, and Nora Hamilton. 1989. "Central American Enterprises in Los Angeles." Working Paper No. 6, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Romero, Gloria, Felipe G. Castro, and Richard Cervantes. 1988. "Women Without Work: A Multilevel Analysis of Collective Displacement." Working Paper No. 5, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Polinard, Jerry L., and Robert Wrinkle. 1988. "The Politics and Policies of District Representation: The Mexican American Experience." Working Paper No. 4, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Ortiz, Vilma. 1988. "Literacy among Hispanic Young Adults." Working Paper No. 3, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Hansen, Niles, and Gilberto Cárdenas. 1988. "Immigrant and Native Ethnic Enterprises in Mexican American Neighborhoods: Differing Perceptions of Mexican Immigrant Workers." Working Paper No. 2, New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Georges, Eugenia. 1988. "Dominican Self-Help Association in Washington Heights: Integration of a New Immigrant Population in a Multiethnic Neighborhood." Working Paper No. 1., New Directions for Latino Public Policy Research Series. IUPLR/SSRC Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues. The Center for Mexican American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin.

Selected Bibliography of IUPLR Working Groups

Books

Acevedo, Luz del Alba, et al. 2001. Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios. Durham: Duke University Press.

Bonilla, Frank, Edwin Meléndez, Rebecca Morales, and María de los Angeles Torres, eds. 1998. Borderless Borders: US Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence. Temple, Pa.: Temple University Press.

———, and Rebecca Morales, eds. 1993. Latinos in a Changing US Economy: Comparative Perspectives on Growing Inequality. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.

De la Garza, Rodolfo et al. 1992. Latino Voices: Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics. Boulder, Colo.: Westview.

Driscoll, Barbara. 1999. The Tracks North: The Railroad Bracero Program of World War II. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Dunn, Timothy J. 1996. The Militarization of the US-Mexico Border, 1978–1992: Low-Intensity Conflict Doctrine Comes Home. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Flores, William, and Rina Benmayor, eds. 1996. Latino Cultural Citizenship: Claiming Identity, Space and Rights. Boston: Beacon Press.

Garcia, Philip. 2001. Understanding Obstacles and Barriers to Hispanic Baccalaureates. Notre Dame, Ind.: University Press.

Jamail, Milton H., and Margo Gutiérrez. 1992. The Border Guide: Institutions and Organizations of the United States-Mexico Borderlands. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Paredes, Américo. 1993. Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Peña, Devon G. 1997. The Terror of the Machine: Technology, Work, Gender, and Ecology on the US-Mexico Border. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Ríos-Bustamante, Antonio, and Christine Marin, eds. 1998. Latinos in Museums: A Heritage Reclaimed. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger Publishing Company.

Romo, Harriet, ed. 1990. Latinos & Blacks in the Cities, Policies for the 1990s. Austin, Tex.: The University of Texas.

Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony, and Ana María Díaz-Stevens, eds. 1995. An Enduring Flame: Studies on Latino Popular Religiosity. New York: Bildner Center Series on Latinos and Religion.

———, and Gilbert Cadena, eds. 1995. Old Masks, New Faces: Religion and Latino Identities. New York: Bildner Center Series on Latinos and Religion.

———, and Andrés I. Pérez y Mena, eds. 1995. Enigmatic Powers: Syncretism with African and Indigenous Peoples' Religions among Latinos. New York: Bildner Center Series on Latinos and Religion.

———, and Segundo Pantoja, eds. 1995. Discovering Latino Religion: A Comprehensive Social Science Bibliography with Related Resources on Religion among Latinos in the United States. New York: Bildner Center Series on Latinos and Religion.

Ugalde, Antonio, and Gilberto Cárdenas, eds. 1997. Health and Social Services among International Labor Migrants: A Comparative Perspective. Austin, Tex.: CMAS, University of Texas Press.

Vila, Pablo, ed. 1996. Catholicism and Identity on the US- MexicoBorder. University of Texas at El Paso, Tex.: Chicano Studies Series.

Zambrana, Ruth, ed. 1995. Understanding Latino Families: Scholarship, Policy and Practice. New York: Sage Publications.

Articles and Book Chapters

Benmayor, Rina, Rosa Torruellas, Ana Juarbe, and Anneris Goris. 1991. "Affirming Cultural Citizenship in the Puerto Rican Community: The El Barrio Popular Education Program." In C. E. Walsh, ed., Literacy as Praxis: Culture, Language and Pedagogy, Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

———. 1989. "Testimonio, Identity and Empowerment." Centro Boletín II: 6 summer.

Blakely, Robin, and Dudley J. Poston. 1991. "The Cost of Being a Latina Woman in New York State." Population and Development 10, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, January.

Cárdenas, Gilberto. 1992. "La movilidad del capital y los trabajadores en el siglo XX: Implicaciones para la comunidad de trabajadores mexicanos." Encuentros America Latina-Europa en perspectiva de 1992. Barcelona: Ayuntamiento de Barcelona Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario.

———. 1992. "Informe de la encuesta sobre los negocios y economía en los enclaves étnicos." Chicanos: el orgullo de ser. Mexico DF: Universidad Autónoma de México.

De la Garza, Rodolfo O., Angelo Falcón, F. Chris Garcia, and John A. Garcia. 1996. "Ethnicity and Politics: Evidence from the Latino National Political Survey." Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, May.

Flores, William. 1990. "Tearing Down Chicano Empowerment in California." Forward, winter 1990.

———. 1992. "Chicano Empowerment and the Politics of At-Large Elections in California: A Tale of Two Cities." In Mary Romero and Cordelia Candelaria, eds, Community Empowerment and Chicano Scholarship, Berkeley, Calif.: NACS, 1992.

Torres, Andrés. "Native Gender and Earnings Discrimination." 1992. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 14.1: 134–143.

Ugalde, Antonio. 1995. "Salud e inmigración en España." Etnias. Cuadernos de Debate Intercultural 1 (Spain): 50–65.