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IMMIGRATION AND THE WORKFORCE
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND SOURCE AREAS |
| By: |
George J. Borjas (Editor), Richard B. Freeman (Editor), Borjas |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226066339 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226066332 |
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| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1992 |
| Series: |
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Reports |
| Pages: |
291 |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
x, 281 p., 82 tables, 12 figures |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
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