This article addresses the debate on second-generation advantage and decline
among Latinos by providing a post-recession snapshot based on geocoded data from
the Current Population Survey (2008–2012). It reports three findings. First,
second-generation Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are at a disadvantage, whereas
other Latinos have achieved
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