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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820552503321

Titolo

Issues in the economics of immigration / / edited by George J. Borjas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2000

ISBN

1-281-43079-X

9786611430795

0-226-06667-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

BorjasGeorge J

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Emigration and immigration - History

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic Progress of Immigrants -- 2. The Educational Attainment of Immigrants Trends and Implications -- 3. Diversity and Immigration -- 4. Convergence in Employment Rates of Immigrants -- 5. The Changing Skill of New Immigrants to the United States: Recent Trends and Their Determinants -- 6. The More Things Change: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants in the 1940's, the 1970's, and the 1990's -- 7. Do Children of Immigrants Make Differential Use of Public Health Insurance? -- 8. Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born -- 9. The Role of Deportation in the Incarceration of Immigrants -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The United States is now admitting nearly one million legal immigrants per year, while the flow of illegal aliens into the country continues to increase steadily. The debate over immigration policy has typically focused on three fundamental questions: How do immigrants perform economically relative to others? What effects do immigrants have on the employment opportunities of other workers? What kind of immigration policy is most beneficial to the host country? This authoritative volume represents a move beyond purely descriptive assessments of labor market consequences toward a more fully developed analysis of economic impacts across the social spectrum. Exploring the broader



repercussions of immigration on education, welfare, Social Security, and crime, as well as the labor market, these papers assess dimensions not yet taken into account by traditional cost-benefit calculations. This collection offers new insights into the kinds of economic opportunities and outcomes that immigrant populations might expect for themselves and future generations.