Annotated Bibliography Final Revised Version

Annotated Bibliography

Social Science Study

Goza, F., & Demaris, A. (2003). Unemployment Transitions among Brazilians in the United States and Canada. International Migration,41(5), 127-152. doi:10.1111/j.0020-7985.2003.00263.x

This article discusses unemployment in Brazilian immigrants specifically in the labour force of North America. Theories relating to unemployment are explored in attempt to better explain the phenomenon of unemployment. This article provides data, methodology, and statistical analysis on Brazilian immigration and employment.

This article is very helpful for the research topic of my social science study. In order for my personal data to have relevant correlation, this article helped me find similarities in Brazilian immigrant experiences with unemployment pertinent to my survey results. The aim of this source is to provide wide-spread data covering various fields to better inform the reader of Brazilian employment and unemployment struggle in North America. This is also a relevant source because it is a scholarly peer-reviewed article.

Caicedo, Maritza, & Van Gameren, Edwin. (2016). Unemployment and Mental Health among Mexican Immigrants and other Population Groups in the United States. Migraciones internacionales, 8(4), 167-200. Retrieved April 11, 2019, from http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1665-89062016000200167&lng=en&tlng=en.

This article focuses more on the effects of unemployment on the mental health of Mexican immigrants. It describes how mental health within the Mexican population is very low to begin with, and despite unemployment has remained the same. However, this article also mentions the effects unemployment has had on native white mental health. This article’s goal is to display the effects of unemployment on mental health.

This article has plenty of information on unemployment relating to mental health however that is not relevant to my discussion. After some close reading I was able to find statistics and phrases that did help support my claim on seasonal unemployment. It described a leading factor in seasonal unemployment which supports my claim of hardship to those who go through seasonal unemployment. Through research, this is a reliable source due to it being a scholarly peer-reviewed journal.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2018, May 17). Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-born Workers Summary. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm/Labor-Force-Characteristics-of-Foreign-Born-Workers-Summary

This article discusses labor force characteristics of foreign-born (immigrants) workers. describes its research process by conducting a monthly sample survey of 60,000 households in the U.S. It discusses various percentages and statistical data regarding foreign-born versus native-born employment and unemployment data. The goal is to present the different sides of foreign-born and native-born workers in the labor force of the U.S.

This article has plenty of data with extensive research conducted, however not all relevant to my discussion. I was able to acquire some useful information regarding labor heavy jobs. Data in the article helped prove one of my research points that immigrants are more likely to be in the workforce for labor heavy jobs. This helped support my claims alongside the other articles found of seasonal unemployment due to economic slowdowns during certain seasons, especially impacting those in heavy labor jobs. This is not a scholarly peer reviewed journal however it is still relevant due to being from the United States Department of Labor website.