Immigrants and boomers
Subtitle: forging a new social contract for the future of America
By: Dowell Myers.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780871546364
Subjects: Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States; Demographic transition -- Economic aspects -- United States; Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; United States -- Population -- Economic aspects
Description: "Many Americans regard the massive influx of immigrants over the past thirty years with great anxiety, fearing new burdens and unwanted changes to the nation's ethnic, social, and economic identity. Virtually unnoticed in the contentious national debate over immigration is the even more significant demographic change about to occur as the first wave of the baby boom generation retires, slowly draining the workforce and straining the federal budget to the breaking point. In this book, Immigrants and Boomers, demographer Dowell Myers proposes a new way of thinking about these issues and argues that each of these two powerful demographic shifts may hold the keys to resolving the problems presented by the other."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.