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...
The United States is now admitting nearly one million legal immigrants per year, while the flow of illegal aliens into the country continues to increa...
The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George Borjas shows in Heaven's Door, it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy--and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have...
The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other...
This book examines the economic consequences of immigration and asylum migration, it focuses on the economic consequences of legal and illegal immigration as well as placing the study of immigration in a global context.
This book examines the economic consequences of immigration and asylum migration, it focuses on the economic consequences of legal and illegal immigra...
The branch of economics concerned with the allocation of resources in the labour market addresses some of the difficult issues facing policy-makers at the beginning of the 21st century. This 4 volume collection is an authoritative guide to the subject's vast literature and the continuing explosion of research.
The branch of economics concerned with the allocation of resources in the labour market addresses some of the difficult issues facing policy-makers at...
Millions of people--nearly 3 percent of the world's population--no longer live in the country where they were born. Every day, migrants enter not only the United States but also developed countries without much of a history of immigration. Some of these nations have switched in a short span of time from being the source of immigrants to being a destination for them. International migration is today a central subject of research in modern labor economics, which seeks to put into perspective and explain this historic demographic transformation.
Immigration Economics synthesizes...
Millions of people--nearly 3 percent of the world's population--no longer live in the country where they were born. Every day, migrants enter not o...
