Issues in the Economics of Immigration
George J. Borjas, editor
Published in January 2000 by University of Chicago Press
© 2000 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER Program(s): PE LS
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399 pages
ISBN: 0-226-06631-2
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment:
George J. Borjas
(p. -11 - 0)
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Introduction:
George J. Borjas
(p. 1 - 14)
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1.
The Economic Progress of Immigrants:
George J. Borjas
(p. 15 - 50)
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The Educational Attainment of Immigrants: Trends and Implications:
Julian R. Betts, Magnus Lofstrom
(p. 51 - 116)
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Diversity and Immigration:
Edward P. Lazear
(p. 117 - 142)
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Convergence in Employment Rates of Immigrants:
Edward Funkhouser
(p. 143 - 184)
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The Changing Skill of New Immigrants to the United States: Recent Trends and Their Determinants:
Guillermina Jasso, Mark R. Rosenzweig, James P. Smith
(p. 185 - 226)
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The More Things Change: Immigrants and the Children of Immigrants in the 1940s, the 1970s, and the 1990s:
David Card, John DiNardo, Eugena Estes
(p. 227 - 270)
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Do Children of Immigrants Make Differential Use of Public Health Insurance?:
Janet Currie
(p. 271 - 308)
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Social Security Benefits of Immigrants and U.S. Born:
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
(p. 309 - 350)
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The Role of Deportation in the Incarceration of Immigrants:
Kristin F. Butcher, Anne Morrison Piehl
(p. 351 - 386)
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List of Contributors, Indices:
George J. Borjas
(p. 387 - 400)
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