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Title:

Immigration and the work force : economic consequences for the United States and source areas / edited by George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Alien labor--United States.
Emigrant remittances.
Labor market--United States.

Other Authors:

Borjas, George J.
Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

National origin and the skills of immigrants in the postwar period / George J. Borjas -- Out-migration and return migration of Puerto Ricans / Fernando A. Ramos -- The assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. labor market / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel -- The fertility of immigrant women : evidence from high-fertility source countries / Francine D. Blau -- Mass emigration, remittances, and economic adjustment : the case of El Salvador in the 1980s / Edward Funkhouser -- 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 -- On the labor market effects of immigration and trade / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz -- The effect of immigrant arrivals on migratory patterns of native workers / Randall K. Filer.

Series:

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

ISBN:

9780226066332 (alk. paper)
0226066339 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25788857

LCCN:

92015620

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)