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Foundations of migration economics / George J. Borjas and Barry R. Chiswick ; edited by Benjamin Elsner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: IZA prize in labor economics seriesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 700 P. ; ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780198788072 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.62 BOR
Contents:
ncludes bibliographical references (pages 643-662) and index. Table of contents Part I: Introduction by the Editor Part II: Assimilation 1: The effect of Americanization on the earnings of foreign-born men 2: Assimilation, changes in cohort quality, and the earnings of immigrants 3: Is the new immigration less skilled than the old? 4: Seld-selection and the earnings of immigrants 5: Human capital and the labor market adjustment of immigrants: testing alternative hypotheses 6: Are immigrants favorably self-selected? An economic analysis 7: The 'negative' assimilation of immigrants: a special case Part III: Ethnic networks and neighborhoods 8: The self-employment experience of immigrants 9: Differences in education and earnings across racial and ethnic groups: tastes, discrimination, and investments in child quality 10: Ethnic capital and intergenerational mobility 11: Ethnicity, neighborhoods, and human-capital externalities 12: Ethnic networks and language proficiency among immigrants 13: Do enclaves matter in immigrant adjustment Part IV: Language and human capital 14: Speaking, reading, and earnings among low-skilled immigrants 15: Educational mismatch: are high-skilled immigrants really working in high-skilled jobs, and what price do they pay if they are not? Part V: Impact on the economy 16: The economic benefits from immigration 17: The labor demand curve is downward sloping: reexamining the impact of immigration on the labor market 18: Does immigration grease the wheels of the labor market 19: Native internal migration and the labor market impact of immigration Part VI: Our view on migration
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ncludes bibliographical references (pages 643-662) and index.

Table of contents
Part I: Introduction by the Editor
Part II: Assimilation
1: The effect of Americanization on the earnings of foreign-born men
2: Assimilation, changes in cohort quality, and the earnings of immigrants
3: Is the new immigration less skilled than the old?
4: Seld-selection and the earnings of immigrants
5: Human capital and the labor market adjustment of immigrants: testing alternative hypotheses
6: Are immigrants favorably self-selected? An economic analysis
7: The 'negative' assimilation of immigrants: a special case
Part III: Ethnic networks and neighborhoods
8: The self-employment experience of immigrants
9: Differences in education and earnings across racial and ethnic groups: tastes, discrimination, and investments in child quality
10: Ethnic capital and intergenerational mobility
11: Ethnicity, neighborhoods, and human-capital externalities
12: Ethnic networks and language proficiency among immigrants
13: Do enclaves matter in immigrant adjustment
Part IV: Language and human capital
14: Speaking, reading, and earnings among low-skilled immigrants
15: Educational mismatch: are high-skilled immigrants really working in high-skilled jobs, and what price do they pay if they are not?
Part V: Impact on the economy
16: The economic benefits from immigration
17: The labor demand curve is downward sloping: reexamining the impact of immigration on the labor market
18: Does immigration grease the wheels of the labor market
19: Native internal migration and the labor market impact of immigration
Part VI: Our view on migration