Jiang says Indian and East Asian immigrant groups often do well economically in America because of intense educational competition, technical training, and hard-work norms.
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Jiang says Indian and East Asian immigrant groups often do well economically in America because of intense educational competition, technical training, and hard-work norms.
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East Asian men may have high income and academic performance but still hold lower American social status than their income would suggest.
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"today we will look at immigration who wins the game of immigration and who loses why do they win why do they lose okay..."
"...they make about 70,000 u.s. a year this is just average income but then what's troubling is that as you go lower you find..."
"...status okay status in america is not as great as their income would suggest in fact you could make the argument that east asian..."
"...really about where can I put my money to generate more income, because that's not going to happen. It's really about how do I..."
"...Meaning I didn't have a job, meaning I didn't have much income, meaning I didn't have much hope in my life. And so I..."
"...okay so Iran there are two ways for them to generate income for to finance this war the first is to sell oil okay..."
"...bumped into colleagues from asia in particular some of the low -income countries are emerging with the impact of the inflationary crisis on the..."
"...their own people. And so, in 1913 to 1950, the average income of Indians don't really change that much, okay? But what's really important..."
"...will not do better than your parents, most of you. Okay? Income inequality has gone way up in the United States. The top 1..."
"...can see united states um housing prices there's a correlation between income and housing prices this is pretty reasonable in canada it is not..."
"...is stark. Thomas Piketty spent a lot of time going over income tax. Just looking at how much tax people paid. He did a..."
"...farmers who will engage in trade in order to supplement their income. Okay? So this is what you can do. You can basically work..."
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