Still an Open Door? U.S. Immigration Policy and the American Economy

, by Briggs, Vernon M.; Moore, Stephen

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ISBN: 9781879383326 | 1879383322
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/2/1994

Still an Open Door? U.S. Immigration Policy and the American Economy > ISBN13: 9781879383326

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Preface

About the Authors

Part One: The Imperative of Immigration Reform: The Case for an Employment-based Immigration Policy

Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.

Introduction

(6)

Mass Immigration and Public Policy

(22)

US Immigration Policy before 1965

(4)

The Post-1965 Revival of Mass Immigration

(6)

Making Matters Worse: The Politics of Immigration Reform

(9)

The Transformation of the US Labor Force

(10)

The Conflict between Immigration Policy and Emerging Economic Trends

(8)

The New Social Environment

(8)

Immigration Reform for the Next Century

(20)

References

(8)

Part Two: The Economic Case for More Immigrants

Stephen Moore

Introduction

(4)

The Demographic Impact of Immigrants

(10)

Policy Recommendation

(1)

Immigration, the Welfare State, and Taxes

(8)

Policy Recommendation

(1)

Immigrants, Jobs, and Wages

(14)

Immigration and Unemployment

101

(2)

Immigration and Unemployment in Specific Industries

103

(3)

How Immigrants Create Jobs

106

(3)

Immigrants and Wages

109

(3)

Policy Recommendation

112

(1)

Are the New Immigrants Worse than the Old?

113

(10)

Policy Recommendation

122

(1)

Immigration and US Cities

123

(12)

Los Angeles

128

(1)

Miami

129

(2)

New York

131

(2)

Policy Recommendation

133

(2)

Why America Still Needs Immigrants

135

(22)

Immigration and the High-Technology Frontier

135

(3)

Immigrant Scientists, Engineers, and Scholars

138

(2)

Immigrants as Enterpreneurs

140

(3)

Immigrants: The Best and the Brightest

143

(1)

The Children of Immigrants

144

(1)

Immigration and US Economic Growth: Past and Future

145

(12)

References

149

(8)

Index

157

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Still an Open Door? U.S. Immigration Policy and the American Economy

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