LEADER 05024nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910457656303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-33989-7 010 $a9786613339898 010 $a1-4008-4150-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841509 035 $a(CKB)2550000000066121 035 $a(EBL)804864 035 $a(OCoLC)768731927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000887501 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12345021 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887501 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10847317 035 $a(PQKB)10058833 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551414 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11338736 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551414 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10537646 035 $a(PQKB)10764736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC804864 035 $a(OCoLC)899265878 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37055 035 $a(DE-B1597)447681 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841509 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL804864 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514791 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL333989 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000066121 100 $a19990217d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeaven's door$b[electronic resource] $eimmigration policy and the American economy /$fGeorge J. Borjas 205 $aWith a New preface by the author 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $a"Second printing, and first paperback printing, with a new preface"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-691-05966-7 311 $a0-691-08896-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tCHAPTER 1. Reframing the Immigration Debate --$tCHAPTER 2. The Skills of Immigrants --$tCHAPTER 3. National Origin --$tCHAPTER 4. The Labor Market Impact of Immigration --$tCHAPTER 5. The Economic Benefits from Immigration --$tCHAPTER 6. Immigration and the Welfare State --$tCHAPTER 7. Social Mobility across Generations --$tCHAPTER 8. Ethnic Capital --$tCHAPTER 9. Ethnic Ghettos --$tCHAPTER 10. The Goals of Immigration Policy --$tCHAPTER 11. A Proposal for an Immigration Policy --$tCHAPTER 12. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThe U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990's, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George Borjas shows in Heaven's Door, it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy--and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest. In the course of the book, Borjas carefully analyzes immigrants' skills, national origins, welfare use, economic mobility, and impact on the labor market, and he makes groundbreaking use of new data to trace current trends in ethnic segregation. He also evaluates the implications of the evidence for the type of immigration policy the that U.S. should pursue. Some of his findings are dramatic: Despite estimates that range into hundreds of billions of dollars, net annual gains from immigration are only about$8billion. In dragging down wages, immigration currently shifts about$160 billion per year from workers to employers and users of immigrants' services. Immigrants today are less skilled than their predecessors, more likely to re-quire public assistance, and far more likely to have children who remain in poor, segregated communities. Borjas considers the moral arguments against restricting immigration and writes eloquently about his own past as an immigrant from Cuba. But he concludes that in the current economic climate--which is less conducive to mass immigration of unskilled labor than past eras--it would be fair and wise to return immigration to the levels of the 1970's (roughly 500,000 per year) and institute policies to favor more skilled immigrants. 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xEconomic aspects 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1981-2001 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a325.73 700 $aBorjas$b George J$0124108 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457656303321 996 $aHeaven's door$9512544 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01406nam a22002771i 4500 001 991003011719707536 005 20040511113934.0 008 040624s1973 it a||||||||||||||||ita 035 $ab13011431-39ule_inst 035 $aARCHE-096911$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Beni Culturali$bita$cA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l. 082 04$a913.378 245 00$aMissione archeologica italiana a Malta :$bscavi eseguiti con il contributo del Ministero degli affari esteri e dell'Università degli studi di Roma /$crapporto preliminare della campagna 1970 di Michelangelo Cagiano de Azevedo ... [et al.] 260 $aRoma :$bConsiglio nazionale delle ricerche,$c1973 300 $a104 p. :$bill. ;$c31 cm 440 0$aSerie archeologica 500 $aIn testa al front.: Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Centro di studio per la civiltà fenicia e punica presso l'Istituto di studi del Vicino Oriente dell'Universita di Roma 650 4$aScavi archeologici$zMalta$y1970 700 1 $aCagiano de Azevedo, Michelangelo 710 2 $aUniversità degli studi 907 $a.b13011431$b02-04-14$c12-07-04 912 $a991003011719707536 945 $aLE001 AR X 1d$g1$i2001000133826$lle001$nC. 1$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i13623047$z12-07-04 996 $aMissione archeologica italiana a Malta$986234 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale001$b12-07-04$cm$da $e-$fita$git $h0$i1