Mexican immigration to the United States /
Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. |
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Description: | ix, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
Subject: | |
Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust jacket. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6377278 |
Summary: | From debates on Capitol Hill to the popular media, Mexican immigrants are the subject of widespread controversy. By 2003, their growing numbers accounted for 28.3 percent of all foreign-born inhabitants of the United States. Mexican Immigration to the United States analyzes the astonishing economic impact of this historically unprecedented exodus. Why do Mexican immigrants gain citizenship and employment at a slower rate than non-Mexicans? Does their migration to the U.S. adversely affect the working conditions of lower-skilled workers already residing there? And how rapid is the intergenerational mobility among Mexican immigrant families? |
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Item Description: | "Consists of papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in February 2005"--P. ix. "Contains the studies presented at the fourth NBER conference"--P. 2. |
Physical Description: | ix, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780226066325 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226066320 (cloth : alk. paper) |