Title

Essays on Legal and Illegal Immigration

Year

1986

Abstract

Immigration is an issue drawing increased attention among policymakers and citizens. These essays provide an economic perspective to the effects of immigration on the labor markets in the United States.

Contents

  1. The Many Guises of Immigration Reform / Susan Pozo
  2. Immigrants and the U.S. Labor Market / George J. Borjas
  3. Can International Migration be Controlled? / Michael J. Piore
  4. The Imperative of Immigration Reform / Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.
  5. The Illegal Alien Policy Dilemma / Barry R. Chiswick
  6. Immigration and the U.S. Taxpayer / Francine D. Blau
  7. U.S. Immigration Policy, What Next? / Jagdish N. Bhagwati

Note

Papers presented in a seminar series conducted by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University

Sponsorship

Financial support from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the Collge of Arts and Sciences of Western Michigan University

ISBN

9780880990400 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

GLOBAL ISSUES; Immigration