Mexican Immigration to the United States


Mexican Immigration to the United States
George J. Borjas, editor

The University of Chicago Press, 2007
Cloth: $60.00
338 pages
ISBN: 978-0-226-06632-5; 0-226-06632-0 (cloth)

Some chapters may have appeared as NBER Working Papers, which are preliminary versions of the published papers.

    Table of Contents:

    Introduction, p. 1-12
    George J. Borjas

    1. The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States, p. 13-55
    George J. Borjas and Lawrence F. Katz

    2. Gender and Assimilation among Mexican Americans, p. 57-106
    Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn

    3. Mexican Assimilation in the United States, p. 107-122
    Edward P. Lazear

    4. Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States, p. 123-158
    Robert W. Fairlie and Christopher Woodruff

    5. Mexican Immigration and Self-Selection: New Evidence from the 2000 Mexican Census, p. 159-192
    Pablo Ibarraran and Darren Lubotsky

    6. The Diffusion of Mexican Immigrants during the 1990s: Explanations and Impacts, p. 193-227
    David Card and Ethan G. Lewis

    7. Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans, p. 229-267
    Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo

    8. Impacts of Policy Reforms on Labor Migration from Rural Mexico to the United States, p. 269-288
    Susan M. Richter, J. Edward Taylor, and Antonio Yśnez-Naude

    9. Emigration, Labor Supply, and Earnings in Mexico, p. 289-328
    Gordon H. Hanson


 

 
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