Issues in the economics of immigration /

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Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 399 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201904
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Other authors / contributors:Borjas, George J.
ISBN:0226066673
9780226066677
0226066312
9780226066318
9780226066318
9780226066677
0226066312
9786611430795
6611430792
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
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Summary:The United States is now admitting nearly one million legal immigrants per year, while the flow of illegal aliens into the country continues to increase steadily. The debate over immigration policy has typically focused on three fundamental questions: How do immigrants perform economically relative to others? What effects do immigrants have on the employment opportunities of other workers? What kind of immigration policy is most beneficial to the host country? This authoritative volume represents a move beyond purely descriptive assessments of labor market consequences toward a more fully deve.
Other form:Print version: Issues in the economics of immigration. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000
Standard no.:9780226066318