The new Americans : economic, demographic, and fiscal effects of immigration / James P. Smith and Barry Edmonston, editors.

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Book
Language
English
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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
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xi, 434 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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      Summary note
      Impact of immigration on the U.S. population -- Economic impacts of immigration -- Fiscal impacts of immigration -- Social dimensions of immigration -- 1. The immigration debate -- Immigration policy -- Who wins? Who loses? -- Is immigration "too" costly? -- What did the panel do? -- A road map -- 2. Background to contemporary U.S. immigration -- A word about terminology -- U.S. immigration laws and trends -- Background to immigration numbers -- Current U.S. immigration policy -- Immigrant characteristics -- Comparison with other countries -- The Canadian case -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 2.A. Admission of immigrants into Canada -- 3. The face of the U.S. population in 2050 -- Background to population change -- A projection model -- National population growth -- Implications of the size of the population -- Age and sex composition -- Immigrants and their children -- Racial and ethnic composition -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 3.A. Population projection model -- Appendix 3.B. Population projection assumptions -- Appendix 3.C. Sensitivity of population projection results -- 4. Immigration's effects on jobs and wages : first principles -- First principles : labor market effects of immigration -- Growth and immigration -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 4.A. Immigration in the two-good, two-factor model -- Appendix 4.B. Assessing the labor market benefits and costs of immigration.
      Notes
      "Panel on the Demographic and Economic Impacts of Immigration, Committee on Population and Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Summary
      • Impact of immigration on the U.S. population
      • Economic impacts of immigration
      • Fiscal impacts of immigration
      • Social dimensions of immigration
      • 1. The immigration debate
      • Immigration policy
      • Who wins? Who loses?
      • Is immigration "too" costly?
      • What did the panel do?
      • A road map
      • 2. Background to contemporary U.S. immigration
      • A word about terminology
      • U.S. immigration laws and trends
      • Background to immigration numbers
      • Current U.S. immigration policy
      • Immigrant characteristics
      • Comparison with other countries
      • The Canadian case
      • Conclusions
      • References
      • Appendix 2.A. Admission of immigrants into Canada
      • 3. The face of the U.S. population in 2050
      • Background to population change
      • A projection model
      • National population growth
      • Implications of the size of the population
      • Age and sex composition
      • Immigrants and their children
      • Racial and ethnic composition
      • Appendix 3.A. Population projection model
      • Appendix 3.B. Population projection assumptions
      • Appendix 3.C. Sensitivity of population projection results
      • 4. Immigration's effects on jobs and wages : first principles
      • First principles : labor market effects of immigration
      • Growth and immigration
      • Appendix 4.A. Immigration in the two-good, two-factor model
      • Appendix 4.B. Assessing the labor market benefits and costs of immigration.
      • 5. Immigration's effects on jobs and wages : empirical evidence
      • The economic gain to immigrants
      • Trends in immigrant skills
      • Differentials across national origins and the decline in immigrant skills
      • Who are the immigrants?
      • Economic assimilation
      • Emigration
      • Trends in employment
      • Occupations and jobs
      • Impact of immigrants on native earnings and employment
      • Immigration and native migration
      • Price effects of immigration
      • Appendix 5.A. Observed wage growth of men and women
      • Appendix 5.B. Calculation of shares of expenditures attributable to immigrant labor
      • 6. Do immigrants impose a net fiscal burden? : annual estimates
      • Introduction
      • Estimating the annual fiscal impact of new immigrants
      • Estimates of the annual fiscal impact of immigrant-headed households
      • 7. The future fiscal impacts of current immigrants
      • Dynamic incidence
      • Kinds of impacts
      • The heterogeneity of immigrants and intra- and intergenerational mobility
      • The age profiles of taxes and benefits
      • Aggregate cross-sectional fiscal impacts of immigrants and their children
      • Constructing longitudinal age profiles
      • Baseline results
      • The average impact of an incremental immigrant
      • Alternative scenarios
      • The timing of fiscal impacts
      • Interpreting the results
      • Key conclusions
      • Appendix 7.A. Intergenerational educational mobility
      • Appendix 7.B. Net present values for immigrants and natives, by scenario
      • Appendix 7.C. Discussion of data sets for the study of fiscal impacts
      • 8. The social dimensions of immigration
      • Integration of immigrants into American society
      • Effect of immigrants on American institutions
      • Attitudes toward immigration and interethnic relations
      • Immigration and interethnic tensions
      • Appendix 8.A. Analysis of polling data.
      ISBN
      • 0309063566 ((paperback))
      • 9780309063562 ((paperback))
      LCCN
      97021182
      OCLC
      36944901
      Other standard number
      • ZBWT00866346
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