Research Catalog

Title

Heaven's door : immigration policy and the American economy / George J. Borjas.

Author

Borjas, George J.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999.

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Description

xvii, 263 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest." "In the course of the book, Borjas carefully analyzes immigrants' skills, national origins, welfare use, economic mobility, and impact on the labor market, and he makes use of new data to trace current trends in ethnic segregation. He also evaluates the implications of the evidence for the type of immigration policy that the U.S. should pursue."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1981-2001
• Immigrants > United States > Economic conditions
• United States > Economic conditions > 1981-2001
• United States > Economic aspects
• United States > Government policy

Genre/Form

• graph.
• graphique.
• gráfico.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-256) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Reframing the immigration debate -- The skills of immigrants -- National origin -- The labor market impact of immigration -- The economic benefits from immigration -- Immigration and the welfare state -- Social mobility across generations -- Ethnic capital -- Ethnic ghettos -- The goals of immigration policy -- A proposal for an immigration policy -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0691059667 (cl : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99012997^

OCLC

• 40848480
• SCSB-9930547

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library