Title

Legal U.S. Immigration: Influences on Gender, Age, and Skill Composition

Year

1999

Abstract

The authors develop empirical models that enable them to examine the influence of two important determinants - source country characteristics and U.S. immigration policy - on the gender, age, and skills of immigrants coming to America.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. United States Immigration Policy
  3. A Brief History of U.S. Immigration
  4. The Immigration Data
  5. Modeling Flows of U.S. Immigration
  6. The Gender Composition of U.S. Immigration
  7. The Age Composition of U.S. Immigrants
  8. The Skill Composition of U.S. Immigration
  9. Summary and Conclusions

Sponsorship

Research grant provided by the W.E. Upjohn Institute

ISBN

9780880991902 (cloth) ; 9780880991896 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

GLOBAL ISSUES; Immigration