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Heaven's Door : Immigration Policy and the American Economy by George J. Borjas
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- Subject Area
- Business & Economics, Social Science
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Level
- Advanced, Beginner, Business
- Subject
- Economic History, Emigration & Immigration, Economic Conditions
- ISBN
- 9780691088969
- Publication Name
- Heaven's Door : Immigration Policy and the American Economy
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 15 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George Borjas shows in Heaven's Door , it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy--and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, 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 groundbreaking 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 the that U.S. should pursue. Some of his findings are dramatic: Despite estimates that range into hundreds of billions of dollars, net annual gains from immigration are only about $8 billion. In dragging down wages, immigration currently shifts about $160 billion per year from workers to employers and users of immigrants' services. Immigrants today are less skilled than their predecessors, more likely to re-quire public assistance, and far more likely to have children who remain in poor, segregated communities. Borjas considers the moral arguments against restricting immigration and writes eloquently about his own past as an immigrant from Cuba. But he concludes that in the current economic climate--which is less conducive to mass immigration of unskilled labor than past eras--it would be fair and wise to return immigration to the levels of the 1970s (roughly 500,000 per year) and institute policies to favor more skilled immigrants.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691088969
ISBN-13
9780691088969
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Heaven's Door : Immigration Policy and the American Economy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Subject
Economic History, Emigration & Immigration, Economic Conditions
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
15 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"[A] tour de force on the economics of immigration. In the policy area where emotion or ideology usually overwhelms analysis, this is a stunning piece of research--nuanced, lucid and forceful. . . . This is an enormously impressive book." --Peter Skerry, The Washington Post, "A lively and penetrating investigation of the economic dimension of immigration in the US . . . Borjas is an acknowledged master of inventive economic reasoning and theory, and he makes impressively extensive use of census and other data on immigrants. He, more than anyone, has brought the theoretical and methodological apparatus of contemporary economics to bear on immigration, and his contribution to the growth of the field has been considerable." --Jeffrey G. Reitz, Journal of International Migration and Integration, "I highly recommend this book. It is written in a very accessible style; the arguments are easy to follow by nonexperts. . . . For those who might want to consider some important facts that bear on the future of immigration to the United States, though, I would urge them to read this book."-- Jim Gimpel, Political Science Quarterly, A thoughtful, sophisticated and richly informative book that merits close attention. -- Stephan Thernstrom, Times Literary Supplement, Heaven's Dooris by far the best introduction I have seen to the economics of immigration. -- New York Review of Books, " Heaven's Door is by far the best introduction I have seen to the economics of immigration." -- New York Review of Books, "For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look at Heaven's Door. " --Sylvia Nasar, New York Times, "Borjas is a remarkably clear guide to the issues. . . . Borjas, one is convinced, is acting from concern for the public good as his research has revealed it to him." --Nathan Glazer, Harvard Magazine, [A] tour de force on the economics of immigration. In the policy area where emotion or ideology usually overwhelms analysis, this is a stunning piece of research--nuanced, lucid and forceful. . . . This is an enormously impressive book. -- Peter Skerry, The Washington Post, "Borjas is the leading American economist conducting research and writing about immigration policy. A mervelous read. . . ."-- Library Journal, "For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look at Heaven's Door. "-- Sylvia Nasar, New York Times, "A thoughtful, sophisticated and richly informative book that merits close attention."-- Stephan Thernstrom, Times Literary Supplement, Heaven's Door is by far the best introduction I have seen to the economics of immigration. -- New York Review of Books, Borjas is a remarkably clear guide to the issues. . . . Borjas, one is convinced, is acting from concern for the public good as his research has revealed it to him., I highly recommend this book. It is written in a very accessible style; the arguments are easy to follow by nonexperts. . . . For those who might want to consider some important facts that bear on the future of immigration to the United States, though, I would urge them to read this book., Borjas is the leading American economist conducting research and writing about immigration policy. A mervelous read. . . ., "A thoughtful, sophisticated and richly informative book that merits close attention." --Stephan Thernstrom, Times Literary Supplement, For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look at Heaven's Door. -- Sylvia Nasar, New York Times, A lively and penetrating investigation of the economic dimension of immigration in the US . . . Borjas is an acknowledged master of inventive economic reasoning and theory, and he makes impressively extensive use of census and other data on immigrants. He, more than anyone, has brought the theoretical and methodological apparatus of contemporary economics to bear on immigration, and his contribution to the growth of the field has been considerable., "For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look at Heavens Door. "-- Sylvia Nasar, New York Times, Honorable Mention for the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers, "A former Cuban refugee, Borjas addresses vexing questions in the U.S. immigration debate, offering an up-to-date and informative assessment of the modern immigrant experience and an excellent review of the recent academic research."-- Foreign Affairs, I highly recommend this book. It is written in a very accessible style; the arguments are easy to follow by nonexperts. . . . For those who might want to consider some important facts that bear on the future of immigration to the United States, though, I would urge them to read this book. -- Jim Gimpel, Political Science Quarterly, For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look at Heaven's Door., "Borjas is a remarkably clear guide to the issues. . . . Borjas, one is convinced, is acting from concern for the public good as his research has revealed it to him."-- Nathan Glazer, Harvard Magazine, A former Cuban refugee, Borjas addresses vexing questions in the U.S. immigration debate, offering an up-to-date and informative assessment of the modern immigrant experience and an excellent review of the recent academic research. -- Foreign Affairs, "A former Cuban refugee, Borjas addresses vexing questions in the U.S. immigration debate, offering an up-to-date and informative assessment of the modern immigrant experience and an excellent review of the recent academic research." -- Foreign Affairs, Borjas is the leading American economist conducting research and writing about immigration policy. A mervelous read. . . . -- Library Journal, For an impressively researched, brightly written and tightly argued polemic against America's current liberal immigration policy, look atHeaven's Door.-- Sylvia Nasar, New York Times, Borjas is a remarkably clear guide to the issues. . . . Borjas, one is convinced, is acting from concern for the public good as his research has revealed it to him. -- Nathan Glazer, Harvard Magazine, A former Cuban refugee, Borjas addresses vexing questions in the U.S. immigration debate, offering an up-to-date and informative assessment of the modern immigrant experience and an excellent review of the recent academic research., "Borjas is the leading American economist conducting research and writing about immigration policy. A mervelous read. . . ." -- Library Journal, "A lively and penetrating investigation of the economic dimension of immigration in the US . . . Borjas is an acknowledged master of inventive economic reasoning and theory, and he makes impressively extensive use of census and other data on immigrants. He, more than anyone, has brought the theoretical and methodological apparatus of contemporary economics to bear on immigration, and his contribution to the growth of the field has been considerable."-- Jeffrey G. Reitz, Journal of International Migration and Integration, A lively and penetrating investigation of the economic dimension of immigration in the US . . . Borjas is an acknowledged master of inventive economic reasoning and theory, and he makes impressively extensive use of census and other data on immigrants. He, more than anyone, has brought the theoretical and methodological apparatus of contemporary economics to bear on immigration, and his contribution to the growth of the field has been considerable. -- Jeffrey G. Reitz, Journal of International Migration and Integration, " Heaven's Door is by far the best introduction I have seen to the economics of immigration."-- New York Review of Books, "[A] tour de force on the economics of immigration. In the policy area where emotion or ideology usually overwhelms analysis, this is a stunning piece of research--nuanced, lucid and forceful. . . . This is an enormously impressive book."-- Peter Skerry, The Washington Post, "I highly recommend this book. It is written in a very accessible style; the arguments are easy to follow by nonexperts. . . . For those who might want to consider some important facts that bear on the future of immigration to the United States, though, I would urge them to read this book." --Jim Gimpel, Political Science Quarterly, "Borjas is the leading American economist conducting research and writing about immigration policy. A mervelous read." -- Library Journal, [A] tour de force on the economics of immigration. In the policy area where emotion or ideology usually overwhelms analysis, this is a stunning piece of research--nuanced, lucid and forceful. . . . This is an enormously impressive book.
Copyright Date
1999
Dewey Decimal
325.73
Dewey Edition
21
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