Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas / / edited by George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812863503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1992
• ISBN: 1-299-10454-1; 0-226-06670-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Collana: A National Bureau of Economic Research project report
• Altri autori (Persone): BorjasGeorge J; FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry)
• Disciplina: 331.6/2/0973
• Soggetti: Foreign workers - United States; Labor market - United States; Emigrant remittances
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. National origin and the skills of immigrants in the postwar period / George J. Borjas -- 2. Out-migration and return migration of Puerto Ricans / Fernando A. Ramos -- 3. The assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. labor market / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel -- 4. The fertility of immigrant women : evidence from high-fertility source countries / Francine D. Blau -- 5. Mass emigration, remittances, and economic adjustment : the case of El Salvador in the 1980s / Edward Funkhouser -- 6. When the minimum wage really bites : the effect of the U.S.-level minimum on Puerto Rico / Alida J. Castillo-Freeman and Richard B. Freeman -- 7. On the labor market effects of immigration and trade / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz -- 8. The effect of immigrant arrivals on migratory patterns of native workers / Randall K. Filer.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the 1970's, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe. This timely study is unique ; in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area economies through the 1980's. The contributors analyze the economic effects of immigration on the United States and selected source areas, with a focus on Puerto Rico and El Salvador. They examine the education and job performance of foreign-born workers; assimilation, fertility, and wage rates; and the impact of remittances by immigrants to family members on the overall gross domestic product of source areas. A revealing and original examination of a topic of growing importance, this book will stand as a guide for further research on immigration and on the economies of developing countries.