Help or hindrance? : the economic implications of immigration for African Americans Daniel S. Hamermesh and Frank D. Bean, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bean, Frank D.

Hamermesh, Daniel S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans.

Foreign workers--United States.

Foreign workers.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c1998.

Contents:

Impact of immigration on income distribution among minorities / George E. Johnson

Do blacks gain or lose from immigration? / George J. Borjas

Immigration and the quality of jobs / Daniel S. Hammermesh

Unskilled immigration and changes in the wage distributions of black, Mexican American, and non-Hispanic white male dropouts / Cordelia W. Reimers

Investigation of the effect of immigration on the labor-market outcomes of African Americans / Krisitin F. Butcher

Does immigration hurt African American self-employment? / Robert W. Fairlie and Bruce D. Meyer

Immigration, race, and space / Jeffrey S. Zax

Educational crowding out : do immigrants affect the educational attainment of American minorities? / Julian R. Betts

Do immigrants crowd disadvantaged American natives out of higher education? / Caroline M. Hoxby

Immigration and crime among young black men : evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth / Jeffrey T. Grogger

Immigration and native minority workers : is there bad news after all? / Marta Tienda

What does labor economics contribute to debates over immigration? / Richard B. Freeman

Reflections on the effects of immigrants on African Americans - and vice versa / Peter H. Schuck

Reflections on family issues in immigration / Linda Datcher Loury.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0871543877 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

38016579