Heaven's Door
Subtitle: Immigration Policy and the American Economy
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780691088969
Subjects: Central government policies; Immigration & emigration; Political economy; United States; Government - U.S. Government; Economic aspects; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government policy; Emigration & Immigration; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economics; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology; Economic History; Economic Conditions; Emigration and immigration; Immigrants
First sentence: IN JANUARY 1979, China's Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping made a much-celebrated state visit to Washington.
Description: "Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities, to the richest." "In the course of the book, Borjas carefully analyzes immigrants' skills, national origins, welfare use, economic mobility, and impact on the labor market, and he makes use of new data to trace current trends in ethnic segregation. He also evaluates the implications of the evidence for the type of immigration policy that the U.S. should pursue."--BOOK JACKET.