UID:
edocfu_9959233438502883
Format:
1 online resource (282 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
With a New preface by the author
ISBN:
1-283-33989-7
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9786613339898
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1-4008-4150-X
Content:
The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990's, 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 been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest. In the course of the book, Borjas carefully analyzes immigrants' skills, national origins, welfare use, economic mobility, and impact on the labor market, and he makes groundbreaking use of new data to trace current trends in ethnic segregation. He also evaluates the implications of the evidence for the type of immigration policy the that U.S. should pursue. Some of his findings are dramatic: Despite estimates that range into hundreds of billions of dollars, net annual gains from immigration are only about
Note:
"Second printing, and first paperback printing, with a new preface"--T.p. verso.
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Front matter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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CHAPTER 1. Reframing the Immigration Debate --
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CHAPTER 2. The Skills of Immigrants --
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CHAPTER 3. National Origin --
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CHAPTER 4. The Labor Market Impact of Immigration --
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CHAPTER 5. The Economic Benefits from Immigration --
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CHAPTER 6. Immigration and the Welfare State --
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CHAPTER 7. Social Mobility across Generations --
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CHAPTER 8. Ethnic Capital --
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CHAPTER 9. Ethnic Ghettos --
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CHAPTER 10. The Goals of Immigration Policy --
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CHAPTER 11. A Proposal for an Immigration Policy --
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CHAPTER 12. Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-691-05966-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-691-08896-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400841509
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