Immigration, trade, and the labor market / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Description
viii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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      Series
      • National Bureau of Economic Research project report [More in this series]
      • A National Bureau of Economic Research project report
      Summary note
      Comprises 16 papers. Compares the labour market and migration behaviour of individual immigrants. Explores the effects of immigration on wages and employment by examining the composition of the work force in local labour markets. Analyses the impact of trade on labour markets in different industries.
      Notes
      "Papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 11-12 September 1987"--Pref.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
      Contents
      • Immigration and self-selection / George J. Borjas
      • Undocumented Mexican-born workers in the United States : how many, how permanent? / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Kevin Lang
      • The effect of policy restrictions on capital and labor flows in Mexico / Juan Diez-Canedo R.
      • Internal migration of U.S. immigrants / Ann P. Bartel and Marianne J. Koch
      • Migration, ethnicity, and labor force activity / Marta Tienda and Franklin D. Wilson
      • Labor market adjustments to increased immigration / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel
      • The effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives / Joseph G. Altonji and David Card
      • Industrial wage and employment determination in an open economy / Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz
      • Foreign-owned businesses in the United States / Jonathan S. Leonard and Rachel McCulloch.
      • Immigration, international trade, and the wages of native workers / Peter Kuhn and Ian Wooton
      • Immigrants, labor market pressures, and the composition of the aggregate demand / Susan M. Collins
      • An analysis of the earnings of Canadian immigrants / David E. Bloom and Morley Gunderson
      • The effects of international competition on collective bargaining outcomes : a comparison of the United States and Canada / John M. Abowd and Thomas Lemieux
      • Male immigrant wage and unemployment experience in Australia / John J. Beggs and Bruce J. Chapman
      • Why are low-skilled immigrants in the United States poorly paid relative to their Australian counterparts : some of the issues illustrated in the context of the footwear, clothing, and textile industries / R.G. Gregory, R. Anstie, and E. Klug.
      • Appendix : The NBER immigration, trade, and labor markets data files / John M. Abowd.
      ISBN
      • 0226000958 ((acid-free paper))
      • 9780226000954 ((acid-free paper))
      LCCN
      90024954
      OCLC
      22861370
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