evement within it, though they seem to suspect that among the more wealthy ethnic members there would be a greater tendency to locate outside the enclave; a study of Cubans in Miami (Portes and Jensen 1987) argued that the more affluent enclave members would indeed relocate and leave behind the less advantaged countrymen.
The review of the established models of research into ethnic social mobility is followed by reference to distinguishing characteristics of New York's Chinatown as a cultural and economic artifact distinct from other ethnic enclaves, including Asian ones, in greater New York. The distinctiveness of Chinatown culture and the history of immigration patterns into New York City leads to questions about whether the existing assimilation and enclave models of ethnic behavior can sufficiently explain residential behavior in and out of New York's Chinatown. They have two hypotheses:
(1) Residential concentrations depend on locationally and ethnically distinct labor markets, and (2) the location of the most segregated ethnic neighborhoods depends on the specific social contexts into
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