The Economist (US), December 4th, 2004
It's simple: education is the key to success WOMEN, according to Chairman Mao, hold up half the sky--but in California some are better rewarded for this effort than others. According to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California, Asian women born in the United States outstrip all their sisters in terms of earning power. The average hourly wage for American-born Asian ladies in 2001 (the latest year with reliable figures) was $19.30, with American-born whites coming next (see table). On the bottom rungs of the ladder came Latinas: if born abroad, they earned a mere $10.40 an h...
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