Issues in the economics of immigration / edited by George J. Borjas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borjas, George J.

Series:

Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States is now admitting nearly one million legal immigrants per year, while the flow of illegal aliens into the country continues to increase steadily. The debate over immigration policy has typically focused on three fundamental questions: How do immigrants perform economically relative to others? What effects do immigrants have on the employment opportunities of other workers? What kind of immigration policy is most beneficial to the host country? This authoritative volume represents a move beyond purely descriptive assessments of labor market consequences toward a more fully developed analysis of economic impacts across the social spectrum. Exploring the broader repercussions of immigration on education, welfare, Social Security, and crime, as well as the labor market, these papers assess dimensions not yet taken into account by traditional cost-benefit calculations. This collection offers new insights into the kinds of economic opportunities and outcomes that immigrant populations might expect for themselves and future generations.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Economic Progress of Immigrants

2. The Educational Attainment of Immigrants Trends and Implications

3. Diversity and Immigration

4. Convergence in Employment Rates of Immigrants

5. The Changing Skill of New Immigrants to the United States: Recent Trends and Their Determinants

6. The More Things Change: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants in the 1940's, the 1970's, and the 1990's

7. Do Children of Immigrants Make Differential Use of Public Health Insurance?

8. Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born

9. The Role of Deportation in the Incarceration of Immigrants

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430795

9781281430793

128143079X

9780226066677

0226066673

OCLC:

476228576