Undocumented Mexicans in the United States
By: by David M. Heer
Series: Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series; Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780521144780
Subjects: Mexicans; Social conditions; Mexican Americans; Illegal aliens; Immigrants; Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Mexican immigration to the United States: determinants and trends; title: Undocumented Mexican immigrants: numbers, geographic distribution, and social consequences; title: Alternative ways of surveying the undocumented and some results; title: How the Los Angeles County Parents data were obtained; title: The validity of data on legal status; title: A comparison of the social characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and U.S. natives of Mexican origin; title: A comparison of the economic characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and U.S. natives of Mexican origin; title: Characteristics of one individual compared to characteristics of another family member; title: A multivariate analysis of the impact of legal status on the hourly wage, hours worked per year, and annual earnings; title: Policy options and their likely consequences.