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- On balance, immigration is an economic drag on the US economy rather than an engine of growth. Brimelow, Peter // Christian Science Monitor;7/17/95, Vol. 87 Issue 161, p18
Opinion. Looks at the fiscal impact of immigration on US economy. Findings of the US Commission on Immigration Reforms and its recommendations on the subject; Focus on George Borjas' article in Journal of Economic Literature; Impact of immigration on employment.
- How do immigrants fare in the U.S. labor market? Meisenheimer II, Joseph R. // Monthly Labor Review;Dec92, Vol. 115 Issue 12, p3
States that recent immigrants earn less and have higher jobless rates than do earlier postwar immigrants and United States natives and that educational attainment and English fluency are important factors for success in the labor market. Data source and technical issues; Labor force...
- The economic and labor market effects of immigration on the United States. Papademetriou, Demetrios G. // National Forum;Summer94, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p17
Discusses the effects of immigration on the United States economy. Aggregate economic effects; Labor market effects; Positive effects of immigration on the country's international competitiveness; Sectoral effects; Job creation.
- The economics of immigration. Martin, Philip L. // Quill;May95, Vol. 83 Issue 4, p27
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- Drastic immigration reduction: A win-win proposition. Ling-Ling, Yeh // National Minority Politics;Aug95, Vol. 7 Issue 8, p28
Calls on Washington, D.C. leaders to develop a long-term, responsible immigration policy that would reflect American minorities' economic realities and resource availability. Adverse economic impact of immigration on minorities; Mass immigration's impact on American professionals; Curbing...
- Liberalized immigration as free trade: Economic welfare and the optimal immigration policy. Chang, Howard F. // University of Pennsylvania Law Review;May97, Vol. 145 Issue 5, p1147
Suggests that the immigration restrictions in the United States bear little resemblance to those that would maximize either national or global economic welfare. Effects of immigration through the labor market; External effects of immigration; Optimal tariff on skilled and unskilled immigrants;...
- Mexican migration to the United States: A critical review. Durand, Jorge; Massey, Douglas S. // Latin American Research Review;1992, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p3
Examines the number of Mexican migrants to the United States and the quantity of their monetary remittances to Mexico, and suggests that once rhetoric is separated from fact and analysis from opinion, the various estimates are actually relatively communities that send migrants to the US;...
- The economic cost of immigration. Thomas, Rich; Murr, Andrew // Newsweek;8/9/93, Vol. 122 Issue 6, p18
Examines the economic cost of immigration to the United States. How in normal times any job loss caused by immigrants is offset by the creation of new jobs stemming from the immigrants' own work; Competitive capitalism; How the welfare state and the steep decline in skill levels of immigrants...
- Legal versus illegal U.S. immigration and source country characteristics. Bratsberg, Bernt // Southern Economic Journal;Jan95, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p715
Analyzes the determinants of illegal immigration flows to the United States and the variation in the volume of illegal immigration across source countries. Differences in the interpretation of illegal immigration by economists; Elasticity of legal and illegal immigration.
