The Economic and Social Conditions of Puerto Rico's Rural Areas
Author : Puerto Rico. Planning Board
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Page : 182 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Puerto Rico
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Author : Puerto Rico. Planning Board
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Puerto Rico
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Author : César J. Ayala
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108488463
Challenges dominant interpretations of colonialism's impact on the economy and social structuring of a US-owned Caribbean colony.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Government publications
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Puerto Rico
ISBN :
Feb. 10 and 11 hearings were held in Mayaguez, PR; Feb. 12 hearing was held in Ponce, PR; Feb. 13, 15-17, and 19 hearings were held in San Juan, PR. Appendix includes Government documents, organization reports, correspondence, and statistics (p. 299-568).
Author : Helen Icken Safa
Publisher : Harcourt Brace College Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Social Science
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Monograph presenting a case study in social and cultural anthropology of slum populations in the san juan urban area to illustrate the effect of economic growth and social change on poverty-stricken urban populations in Puerto Rico - includes illustrations, references and statistical tables.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Electronic books
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Feb. 10 and 11 hearings were held in Mayaguez, PR; Feb. 12 hearing was held in Ponce, PR; Feb. 13, 15-17, and 19 hearings were held in San Juan, PR. Appendix includes Government documents, organization reports, correspondence, and statistics (p. 299-568).
Author : Justina Carrión
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Page : pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 1940
Category :
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs
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Page : 708 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 1943
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Author : Justina Carrión
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 1941
Category :
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Author : Francisco Rivera-Batiz
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 1996-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1610444736
"One of the year's best books on Puerto Rico."—El Nuevo Dia, San Juan "[The authors] are highly regarded labor economists who have written extensively and intelligently in the past, and again in this volume, on Puerto Rican migration and labor markets... There isabundant statistical data and careful analysis, some of which challenges the conventional wisdom. Highly recommended." —Choice Island Paradox is the first comprehensive, census-based portrait of social and economic life in Puerto Rico. During its nearly fiftyyears as a U.S. commonwealth, the relationship between Puerto Rico's small, developing economy and the vastly larger, more industrialized United States has triggered profound changes in the island's industry and labor force. Puerto Rico has been deeply affected by the constant flow of its people to and from the mainland, and by the influx of immigrant workers from other nations. Distinguished economists Francisco Rivera-Batiz and Carlos Santiago provide the latest data on the socioeconomic status of Puerto Rico today, and examine current conditions within the context of the major trends of the past two decades. Island Paradox describes many improvements in Puerto Rico's standard of living, including rising per-capita income, longer life expectancies, greater educational attainment, and increased job prospects for women. But it also discusses the devastating surge in unemployment. Rapid urbanization and a vanishing agricultural sector have led to severe inequality, as family income has become increasingly dependent on education and geographic location. Although Puerto Rico's close ties to the United States were the major source of the island's economic growth prior to 1970, they have also been at the root of recent hardships. Puerto Rico's trade andbusiness transactions remain predominantly with the United States, but changes in federal tax, social, and budgetary policies, along with international agreements such as NAFTA, now threaten to alter the economic ties between the island and the mainland. Island Paradox reveals the social and family changes that have occurred among Puerto Ricans on the island and the mainland. The significant decline in the island's population growth is traced in part to women's increased pursuit of educational and employment opportunities before marrying. More children are being raised by singleparents, but this stems from a higher divorce rate and not a rise in teenage pregnancy. The widespread circular migration to and from the United States has had strong repercussions for the island's labor markets and social balance, leading to concerns about an island brain drain. The Puerto Rican population in the United States hasbecome increasingly diverse, less regionally concentrated and not, as some have claimed, in danger of becoming an underclass. Within a single generation Puerto Rico has experienced social and economic shifts of an unprecedented magnitude. Island Paradox charts Puerto Rico's economic fortunes, summarizes the major demographic trends, and identifies the issues that will have the strongest bearings on Puerto Rico's prospects for a successful future. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series