The middleman minority characteristics of Korean immigrants in the United States.

Abstract

"This paper examines the middleman minority characteristics of Korean immigrants in the United States. Like middleman groups in other societies, Korean immigrants in the United States are heavily concentrated in small business. A large proportion of Korean-owned businesses distribute merchandise to minority customers on behalf of large corporations. Korean merchants, like other middleman groups, maintain strong ethnic cohesion, which facilitates their commercial activities.... We conclude that Korean immigrants in the United States exhibit middleman minority characteristics."