Abstract
We investigate the residential assimilation of Asian-origin groups in the U.S. paying particular attention to socioeconomic characteristics immigrant status and ethnicity....Data from a special tabulation of the 1980 U.S. census...allow us to express residential outcomes measured in the aggregate as a function of individual characteristics....Our results support the link between social mobility and spatial mobility in that Asian-origin groups translate their socioeconomic achievements into residential assimilation. Contrary to some interpretations of standard assimilation models we find that duration of residence in the United States does not have a particularly strong influence on residential assimilation. The effect of immigrant status is overshadowed by that of ethnic group membership a factor that points to the diversity of experiences and contexts of arrival for Asian Americans. (EXCERPT)
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