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Skilled immigrant and native workers in the United States : the economic competition debate and beyond / Jeanne Batalova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Batalova, Jeanne, 1974-
- Series:
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- The new Americans
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Skilled labor--United States.
- Skilled labor.
- Women immigrants--United States.
- Women immigrants.
- Professional employees.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Batalova examines how the presence of skilled immigrants impacts the earnings of men and women, native born and immigrant. Skilled workers benefit from working with immigrants. However, there is a tipping point after which working with more immigrants is associated with a decline in earnings for all. In addition, female-dominated jobs are associated with lower earnings for all, regardless of nativity or gender. Overall, Batalova challenges the exclusive focus on immigrants as individual workers when discussing the economic impacts of immigration. Instead, she suggests placing the immigrant-native competition debate within the larger context of the American economy characterized by deepening labor market segmentation, occupational segregation, and gender inequality.
- Contents:
- "Brain gain" what's in the name? Opportunities and challenges of highly skilled immigration
- The historical treatment of skilled immigrants in US : immigration legislation
- Definitions and demographics : highly skilled workers in the United States
- The tipping point of the brain gain : job context and earnings competition with natives
- Looking through the nativity-gender lenses : earnings of immigrant and native women in highly skilled jobs
- "End restriction! recruit!" or "End recruitment! Restrict!" : further thoughts on highly skilled immigration in the 21st century United States.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-245-3
- OCLC:
- 490996326
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