Immigration and the work force economic consequences for the United States and source areas / [electronic resource] : edited by George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992. - ix, 281 p. : ill. - A National Bureau of Economic Research project report . - National Bureau of Economic Research project report. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. National origin and the skills of immigrants in the postwar period / George J. Borjas -- 2. Out-migration and return migration of Puerto Ricans / Fernando A. Ramos -- 3. The assimilation of immigrants in the U.S. labor market / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel -- 4. The fertility of immigrant women : evidence from high-fertility source countries / Francine D. Blau -- 5. Mass emigration, remittances, and economic adjustment : the case of El Salvador in the 1980s / Edward Funkhouser -- 6. When the minimum wage really bites : the effect of the U.S.-level minimum on Puerto Rico / Alida J. Castillo-Freeman and Richard B. Freeman -- 7. On the labor market effects of immigration and trade / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz -- 8. The effect of immigrant arrivals on migratory patterns of native workers / Randall K. Filer.


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Foreign workers--United States.
Labor market--United States.
Emigrant remittances.


Electronic books.

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