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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817717503321

Titolo

The immigration debate : studies on the economic, demographic, and fiscal effects of immigration / / editors, James P. Smith, Barry Edmonston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

0-309-37068-X

0-585-03071-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

United States Emigration and immigration Economic aspects

United States Emigration and immigration Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / James P. Smith -- An economic framework for assessing the fiscal impacts of immigration / Thomas Macurdy, Thomas Nechyba, and Jay Bhattacharya -- Fiscal impacts of immigrant and native households : a New Jersey case study / Deborah L. Garvey and Thomas J. Espenshade -- The fiscal impacts of immigrants : a California case study / Michael S. Clune -- The current fiscal impact of immigrants and their descendants : beyond the immigrant household / Ronald D. Lee and Timothy W. Miller -- Immigrants and natives in general equilibrium trade models / Daniel Trefler -- Labor market outcomes of female immigrants in the United States / Edward Funkhouser and Stephen J. Trejo -- Historical background to current immigration issues / Susan B. Carter and Richard Sutch -- The economic and demographic consequences of immigration to the United States : quantitative historical perspectives / Susan B. Carter and Richard Sutch -- Immigration and crime in the United States / John Hagan and Alberto Palloni -- The impact of recent immigration on population redistribution within the United States / William H. Frey and Kao-Lee Liaw.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting nine original and synthesis papers with data and analysis,



this title includes case studies of the fiscal effects of immigration in New Jersey and California, studies of the impact of immigration on population redistribution and on crime in the United States, and more.