Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas

by George J. Borjas

Since the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe.

This timely study is unique in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226066339
• ISBN13: 9780226066332
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"