Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas edited by George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Borjas, George J.

Series:

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--United States.

Labor market.

Emigrant remittances.

Foreign workers--United States.

Foreign workers.

Physical Description:

viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.

Contents:

National origin and the skills of immigrants in the postwar period / George J. Borjas

Out-migration and return migration of Puerto Ricans / Fernando A. Ramos

The assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. labor market / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel

The fertility of immigrant women : evidence from high-fertility source countries / Francine D. Blau

Mass emigration, remittances, and economic adjustment : the case of El Salvador in the 1980s / Edward Funkhouser

When the minimum wage really bites : the effect of the U.S.-level minimum on Puerto Rico / Alida J. Castillo-Freeman and Richard B. Freeman

On the labor market effects of immigration and trade / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz

The effect of immigrant arrivals on migratory patterns of native workers / Randall K. Filer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0226066339 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

25788857