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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Introduction and Summary, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman 1 National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period George J. Borjas 2 Out-Migration and Return Migration of Puerto Ricans Fernando A. Ramos 3 The Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel 4 The Fertility of Immigrant Women: Evidence from High-Fertility Source Countries Francine D. Blau 5 Mass Emigration, Remittances, and Economic Adjustment: The Case of El Salvador in the Late 1980s Edward Funkhouser 6 When the Minimum Wage Really Bites: The Effect of the U.S.-Level Minimum on Puerto Rico Alida J. Castillo-Freeman and Richard B. Freeman 7 On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz 8 The Effect of Immigrant Arrivals on Migratory Patterns of Native Workers Randall K. Filer
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780226066332
Publisert
1992-11-01
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
567 gr
Høyde
24 mm
Bredde
16 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
291