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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778623303321

Titolo

Local fiscal effects of illegal immigration : report of a workshop / / Barry Edmonston and Ronald Lee, editors ; Committee on National Statistics [and] Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1996

ISBN

0-309-17494-5

0-309-52335-4

0-585-08542-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 30 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The compass series

Altri autori (Persone)

EdmonstonBarry

LeeRonald Demos <1941->

Soggetti

Noncitizens - Services for - United States - Costs

Local finance - United States

Illegal immigration

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Product of the Workshop on Demographic, Economic, and Social Effects of Immigration, held October 21, 1994, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Introduction; Case Studies; Fiscal Effects; Conclusions; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

"The recent level of undocumented immigration to the United States has increased debates about the effect of these immigrants on the cost of public services, and states have begun to enact policies that limit the public services available to undocumented immigrants. The central issues are how many undocumented immigrants reside in particular local areas and states and their effect on public expenditures and revenues and the economy in general. The Local Fiscal Effects of Illegal Immigration workshop selected six studies for analysis. The six case studies focused on one specific aspect of the complex question of the demographic, economic, and social effects of immigration: the net public services costs of undocumented immigrants to selected



geographical regions."-adapted from Amazon