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Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas



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Autore: Borjas George J Visualizza persona
Titolo: Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999
Edizione: With a New preface by the author
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 325.73
Soggetto topico: Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions
Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration Economic aspects
United States Emigration and immigration Government policy
United States Economic conditions 1981-2001
Soggetto non controllato: African Americans
Alejandro Portes
Americans
Calculation
Capitalism
Citizenship of the United States
Competition
Consideration
Consumer
Cost-benefit analysis
Dani Rodrik
David Autor
David Card
Demography
Developed country
Economic efficiency
Economic growth
Economic impact analysis
Economic inequality
Economic problem
Economics
Economist
Economy of the United States
Economy
Employment
Entrepreneurship
Ethnic enclave
Ethnic group
Externality
Gary Becker
George J. Borjas
Globalization
H-1B visa
Household
Human capital
Illegal immigration
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration policy
Immigration reform
Immigration to the United States
Immigration
Incentive
Income distribution
Income in the United States
Income
Industry
International trade
James Heckman
Laborer
Labour economics
Language proficiency
Legislation
Mark Krikorian
Market impact
Medicaid
Mexicans
Michael Rothschild
Michael Teitelbaum
Multiculturalism
National Longitudinal Surveys
National Science Foundation
Nationality
Orley Ashenfelter
Percentage point
Percentage
Peter Brimelow
Point system (driving)
Poverty
Profession
Rate of return
Redistribution of income and wealth
Refugee
Residence
Richard B. Freeman
Second Great Migration (African American)
Seminar
Sherwin Rosen
Skill
Skilled worker
Social capital
Social mobility
Social science
Socioeconomic status
Spillover effect
Supply (economics)
Tax
Taxpayer
Underclass
Unemployment
United States Census Bureau
United States
Wage
Wealth
Welfare dependency
Welfare reform
Welfare state
Welfare
Well-being
Workforce
Year
Note generali: "Second printing, and first paperback printing, with a new preface"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1. Reframing the Immigration Debate -- CHAPTER 2. The Skills of Immigrants -- CHAPTER 3. National Origin -- CHAPTER 4. The Labor Market Impact of Immigration -- CHAPTER 5. The Economic Benefits from Immigration -- CHAPTER 6. Immigration and the Welfare State -- CHAPTER 7. Social Mobility across Generations -- CHAPTER 8. Ethnic Capital -- CHAPTER 9. Ethnic Ghettos -- CHAPTER 10. The Goals of Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 11. A Proposal for an Immigration Policy -- CHAPTER 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
Titolo autorizzato: Heaven's door  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-33989-7
9786613339898
1-4008-4150-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781570503321
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