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We wanted workers : unraveling the immigration narrative / George J. Borjas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borjas, George J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- Cloth or Hardcover.
- Sociology.
- Emigration & Immigration.
- Labor.
- Economic Conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- Cloth or Hardcover.
- Sociology.
- Emigration & Immigration.
- Labor.
- Economic Conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Summary:
- From America's leading immigration economist, a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration on migrant and nonmigrant workers.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Lennon's utopia
- How we got here
- The self-selection of immigrants
- Economic assimilation
- The melting pot
- The labor market impact
- The economic benefits
- The fiscal impact
- Who are you rooting for?
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393249019
- 0393249018
- OCLC:
- 937452555
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