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Product Description Chen studies recent immigrants and their adult children in three domains: college education, union formation, and work. In education, Chen finds that second-generation youth universally achieve higher in high school graduation than their immigrant parents. However, assimilation in terms of college education is lower among some ethnic groups due to social, cultural and structural factors. In family life, Chen finds that being raised in immigrant families protects youth from assimilating into the alternative life style of cohabitation and encourages marriage. In employment, nativity and immigrant statuses are associated with labor market segmentation and economic stratification. Non-naturalized immigrants are concentrated in ethnic enclaves; these workers typically earn lower pay and have less benefits than naturalized immigrants and natives. Review Offers new and additional insight for researchers and graduate students interested in the assimilation process of contemporary immigrants. --Contemporary Sociology About the Author Ping Chen earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2007. Her research interests include immigration, assimilation, race and ethnicity, and stratification. She is currently working at the Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill and involved in research projects related to health disparities in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.