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Immigration, trade, and the labor market [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman
| Immigration, trade, and the labor market [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Disciplina |
331.6/2
331.62 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AbowdJohn M
FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry) |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - Australia
Foreign workers - Canada Foreign workers - United States Foreign trade and employment - Australia Foreign trade and employment - Canada Foreign trade and employment - United States Labor market - Australia Labor market - Canada Labor market - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-22306-9
9786611223069 0-226-00096-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Summary -- 1. Immigration and Self-Selection -- 2. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent? -- 3. The Effect of Policy Restrictions on Capital and Labor Flows in Mexico -- 4. Internal Migration of U.S. Immigrants -- 5. Migration, Ethnicity, and Labor Force Activity -- 6. Labor Market Adjustments to Increased Immigration -- 7. The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-skilled Natives -- 8. Industrial Wage and Employment Determination in an Open Economy -- 9. Foreign-Owned Businesses in the United States -- 10. Immigration, International Trade, and the Wages of Native Workers -- 11. Immigrants, Labor Market Pressures, and the Composition of the Aggregate Demand -- 12. An Analysis of the Earnings of Canadian Immigrants -- 13. The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada -- 14. Male Immigrant Wage and Unemployment Experience in Australia -- 15. Why Are Low-skilled Immigrants in the United States Poorly Paid Relative to Their Australian Counterparts? Some of the Issues Illustrated in the Context of the Footwear, Clothing, and Textile Industries -- Appendix: The NBER Immigration, Trade, and Labor Markets Data Files -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458171703321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Immigration, trade, and the labor market [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman
| Immigration, trade, and the labor market [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Disciplina |
331.6/2
331.62 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AbowdJohn M
FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry) |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - Australia
Foreign workers - Canada Foreign workers - United States Foreign trade and employment - Australia Foreign trade and employment - Canada Foreign trade and employment - United States Labor market - Australia Labor market - Canada Labor market - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | immigrant, immigration, marketplace, laborer, america, american, united states, usa, work force, competition, products, foreign, imports, import, industry, industrial, wage, union, media, news, myths, international, internationalization, essay collection, anthology, illegal, law, controversial, controversy, local, locale, congresses |
| ISBN |
1-281-22306-9
9786611223069 0-226-00096-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Summary -- 1. Immigration and Self-Selection -- 2. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent? -- 3. The Effect of Policy Restrictions on Capital and Labor Flows in Mexico -- 4. Internal Migration of U.S. Immigrants -- 5. Migration, Ethnicity, and Labor Force Activity -- 6. Labor Market Adjustments to Increased Immigration -- 7. The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-skilled Natives -- 8. Industrial Wage and Employment Determination in an Open Economy -- 9. Foreign-Owned Businesses in the United States -- 10. Immigration, International Trade, and the Wages of Native Workers -- 11. Immigrants, Labor Market Pressures, and the Composition of the Aggregate Demand -- 12. An Analysis of the Earnings of Canadian Immigrants -- 13. The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada -- 14. Male Immigrant Wage and Unemployment Experience in Australia -- 15. Why Are Low-skilled Immigrants in the United States Poorly Paid Relative to Their Australian Counterparts? Some of the Issues Illustrated in the Context of the Footwear, Clothing, and Textile Industries -- Appendix: The NBER Immigration, Trade, and Labor Markets Data Files -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784773203321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Immigration, trade, and the labor market / / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman
| Immigration, trade, and the labor market / / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Disciplina |
331.6/2
331.62 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AbowdJohn M
FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry) |
| Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers - Australia
Foreign workers - Canada Foreign workers - United States Foreign trade and employment - Australia Foreign trade and employment - Canada Foreign trade and employment - United States Labor market - Australia Labor market - Canada Labor market - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-22306-9
9786611223069 0-226-00096-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Summary -- 1. Immigration and Self-Selection -- 2. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent? -- 3. The Effect of Policy Restrictions on Capital and Labor Flows in Mexico -- 4. Internal Migration of U.S. Immigrants -- 5. Migration, Ethnicity, and Labor Force Activity -- 6. Labor Market Adjustments to Increased Immigration -- 7. The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-skilled Natives -- 8. Industrial Wage and Employment Determination in an Open Economy -- 9. Foreign-Owned Businesses in the United States -- 10. Immigration, International Trade, and the Wages of Native Workers -- 11. Immigrants, Labor Market Pressures, and the Composition of the Aggregate Demand -- 12. An Analysis of the Earnings of Canadian Immigrants -- 13. The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada -- 14. Male Immigrant Wage and Unemployment Experience in Australia -- 15. Why Are Low-skilled Immigrants in the United States Poorly Paid Relative to Their Australian Counterparts? Some of the Issues Illustrated in the Context of the Footwear, Clothing, and Textile Industries -- Appendix: The NBER Immigration, Trade, and Labor Markets Data Files -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819947503321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pacific Islands guestworkers in Australia : the new blackbirds? / / Kirstie Petrou, John Connell
| Pacific Islands guestworkers in Australia : the new blackbirds? / / Kirstie Petrou, John Connell |
| Autore | Petrou Kirstie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (516 pages) |
| Disciplina | 331.62 |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign workers
Foreign workers - Australia Pacific Islanders - Migrations |
| ISBN | 981-19-5387-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: A New Age of Temporary Migration? -- History -- The Pacific Island Countries -- Bibliography -- 2: The Pacific Island Countries -- Late Independence and Development -- Economic Development -- Agriculture, Forests and Fish -- Mines -- Tourism -- Employment, Incomes and Poverty -- Trade -- Aid -- Overcoming Tyrannies of Distance? -- Bibliography -- 3: Two Centuries of Pacific Migration -- Complex Labour Flows -- Blackbirding: The Early Labour Trade -- The Diversification of Migration -- Urbanisation -- The Global Long Boom: International Migration -- Hazards and Resettlement -- Remittances -- National Strategies and Migration Schemes -- The Precedence of Kiribati and Tuvalu -- Policy Detours -- APTC and KANI -- The Diversity of Migration -- Bibliography -- 4: The Revival of Guestwork -- A Twentieth-Century Twist-Back to Agriculture -- A Theoretical Detour … and a Context -- Hard Realities -- Enter the World Bank -- The Canadian Model -- Labour Shortages and Development Directions -- Bibliography -- 5: Early Days -- New Zealand and the Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme -- Australia and the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme -- The Pilot Schemes in Operation -- Vanuatu -- Recruiting from Tanna, Vanuatu -- From Vanuatu to New Zealand and Australia -- Tonga -- First Movers -- An Early Triple Win? -- Bibliography -- 6: Taking Part -- Where Do Workers Come From? -- Recruitment -- Pacific Labour Migration Policies and Legislation -- Agents: Advantages and Pitfalls -- Employer Involvement in Recruitment -- Worker Selection: Knowing the Right People -- Selecting Workers: Community Involvement? -- Geographies of Participation -- Return Workers -- Demographic Trends and Structures -- The High Cost of Labour Migration.
Pre-departure and Arrival Training: On to the Job -- Winners and Losers? Uneven Beginnings -- Bibliography -- 7: Destination Australia -- Labour Shortages? -- A Crisis and Clues from COVID-19 -- The Geography of Seasonal Work in Australia -- Employers' Perspectives -- On the Job -- Economic Gains -- Remittances -- Accommodation -- Getting Around? -- Health Costs -- Work and Welfare -- Bibliography -- 8: Social Worlds -- A Spectrum of Experiences -- Connection and Isolation -- Socio-economic Impacts on Host Communities -- Churches, Sport and Diaspora Connections -- Keeping in Touch with Home -- Labour Rights and Power Imbalances -- Blacklisting and Standing Down -- Underpayment and Elusive Wages -- Pastoral Care and Monitoring -- Unions: Fighting for Rights … Sometimes -- Negotiating Online -- Transient Times -- Bibliography -- 9: Home Again -- New Wealth, Familiar Patterns -- Remittances in Kind: Technology and Consumer Durables -- Housing -- Education -- Business Development -- Social Functions and Community Objectives -- Family Breakdown? -- Labour Losses and Food Security -- Skill Losses and Brain Drain -- Bringing Skills Home? -- Towards Modernity -- Bibliography -- 10: A New Phase: Stepping up a Gear? -- New Beginnings -- The Northern Australia Worker Pilot Program (NAWPP) -- The Pacific Labour Scheme -- Familiar Themes of Success and Failure -- Towards Permanence? -- Bibliography -- 11: The New Blackbirds? -- The New Blackbirds? Plus ça Change …? -- An Uneven World? -- Precarious Work, Precarious Lives -- Wage Theft -- Weapons of the Weak -- Winning and Losing? -- Equity -- Economics -- Society -- Whose Development? -- Bibliography -- 12: Hosts and Guests -- Towards Permanency? -- Eternal Demand? -- The Future PICs: A Kind of Blue -- A Strategic Arena -- A Widening Sphere? -- Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910633932703321 |
Petrou Kirstie
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| Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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