Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas |
Autore | Borjas George J |
Edizione | [With a New preface by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 325.73 |
Soggetto topico | Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-33989-7
9786613339898 1-4008-4150-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781570503321 |
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Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / / George J. Borjas |
Autore | Borjas George J |
Edizione | [With a New preface by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 325.73 |
Soggetto topico | Immigrants - United States - Economic conditions |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-33989-7
9786613339898 1-4008-4150-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826648303321 |
Borjas George J
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Home and homeland [[electronic resource] ] : the dialogics of tribal and national identities in Jordan / / Linda L. Layne |
Autore | Layne Linda L |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : : Princeton University Press, c1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.95/004927 |
Collana | Princeton Legacy Library |
Soggetto topico | Bedouins - Jordan - Ethnic identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
1948 Arab–Israeli War
A Girl Like Her Adoption Adultery Al-Aqsa Mosque Algerian Civil War American Enterprise Institute Amman Arab Cooperation Council Arab Revolt Arab nationalism Arabs Ariel Sharon Bahá'í Faith Ballot box Barracks Basseri Bedouin Capitalism Circassians Citizens (Spanish political party) Civil service Clifford Geertz Cultural Revolution Dichotomy Eastern world Family honor Fawaz Feudalism French Colonial Green Revolution Hashemites Holism Household Human migration Intelligentsia John Bagot Glubb Jordan Valley (Middle East) Jordan Julian Jaynes King of Syria Kuwait Legal practice Majlis Marshall Sahlins Mattress Middle East Model village Modernity Mrs Muslim world National security New Laws Nuclear family Of Education One Unit Palestinian refugee camps Palestinian refugees Palestinians Political Man Political alliance Postmodernism Prayer rug Rashid Khalidi Reasonable person Refugee Regency Council (Poland) Residence Ritualization Sally Falk Moore Saudi Arabia Sedentism Segmentary lineage Six-Day War Slavery Social anthropology Social transformation Sodomy Sovereignty Special Relationship State formation Suffrage Surname T. E. Lawrence The Other Hand Traditional society Tribal Leadership Tribal sovereignty in the United States Tribalism Tribe United Arab Emirates United States V Vegetable Vernacular architecture Voting age Voting Wadi Rum Widad Kawar Zionism |
ISBN |
1-4008-1693-9
0-691-19478-5 1-282-75175-1 9786612751752 1-4008-2098-7 1-4008-1248-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Figures and Table -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- Chapter 1. Rethinking Collective Identity -- Chapter 2. A Generation of Change -- Chapter 3. 'Arab Architectonics -- Chapter 4. Capitalism and the Politics of Domestic Space -- Chapter 5. National Representations: The Tribalism Debate -- Chapter 6. The Election of Identity -- Chapter 7. Constructing Culture and Tradition in the Valley -- Chapter 8. Monarchal Posture -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779907203321 |
Layne Linda L
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Princeton, N.J., : : Princeton University Press, c1994 | ||
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