Bansak, Cynthia

The economics of immigration / Cynthia Bansak, Nicole B. Simpson and Madeline Zavodny. - 1st Edition 24 April 2015 - 1 online resource (356 pages)



Why study the economics of immigration? -- Why people become immigrants -- Where immigrants go and for how long -- Selection in immigration -- Assimilation -- The second generation -- Labor market effects of immigration : theory Labor market effects of immigration : evidence -- Effects on other markets in the destination -- Fiscal effects -- Effects on source countries -- Frontiers in the economics of immigration -- U.S. immigration policy -- Immigration policy around the world.

9780415747059 (hardback) 9780415747066 (pbk.)

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Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects
Emigration and immigration--Government policy
Immigrants--Employment.
Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
Government spending policy
Manpower policy


United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

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