Upjohn Research

Title

Illegal Aliens: Their Employment and Employers

Authors

Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago

Year

1988

Abstract

This study develops and tests hypotheses about the characteristics of the employment of illegal aliens, including wages, investments in job training, job mobility, and workplace and employer characteristics.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Immigration Policy and Illegal Aliens
3. The Survey
4. Illegal Alien Labor Market Behavior
5. The Employers of Illegal Aliens
6. The Labor Market and Public Policy

Citation

Chiswick, Barry R. 1988. Illegal Aliens: Their Employment and Employers. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880990585 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

GLOBAL ISSUES; Immigration