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 on Puerto Rico and El
Salvador. They examine the education and job performance of
foreign-born workers; assimilation, fertility, and wage rates; and the
impact of remittances by immigrants to family members on the overall
gross domestic product of source areas. A revealing and original
examination of a topic of growing importance, this book will stand as
a guide for further research on immigration and on the economies of
developing countries.
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ISBN
9780226066707
Publisert
2018
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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