Format:
Online-Ressource (294 p.)
ISBN:
9780226066332
Series Statement:
NBER-Project Report
Content:
Since the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe. This timely study is unique in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area economies through the 1980s. The contributors analyze the economic effects of immigration on the United States and selected source areas, with a focus o
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Immigration and the Work Force; Contents; Preface; Introduction and Summary; 1. National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period; 2. Out-Migration and Return Migration of Puerto Ricans; 3. The Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market; 4. The Fertility of Immigrant Women: Evidence from High-Fertility Source Countries; 5. Mass Emigration, Remittances, and Economic Adjustment: The Case of El Salvador in the 1980s; 6. When the Minimum Wage Really Bites: The Effect of the U.S.-Level Minimum on Puerto Rico; 7. On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Wade
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8. The Effect of Immigrant Arrivals on Migratory Patterns of Native WorkersContributors; Author Index; Subject Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226066707
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226066332
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Immigration and the Work Force : Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas
Language:
English
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