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This book provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the rapidly-growing Hispanic American work force. In a wide-ranging analysis of a variety of large computerized data banks, the author presents a host of original findings on postwar trends in Hispanic wages, poverty unemployment rates, and educational attainment. The implications of these findings for current debates on income inequality, discrimination, school dropouts, and the domestic...

Through this authoritative account of both the historical record and newer findings, the authors help to shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as these: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from Great Britain and Norway 150 years ago. Children of immigrants do better...

This collection provides a binational analysis of Mexico-U.S. migration. It recommends specific forms of bilateral collaboration to regulate the flow, improve conditions for the migrants, and make sure that migration has positive social and economic impacts on both countries.

For the first time, the United States is in danger of losing its most crucial economic advantage--its status as the world's greatest talent magnet, argues economist Florida. Where America was once the first destination for foreign students and the last stop for scientists, engineers, artists and entrepreneurs wishing to engage in the most robust and creative economy on the planet, it has now become only one place among many where cutting-edge innovation...

Drawing together key thinkers on migration from North America and Europe, this volume addresses the political tensions and policy tradeoffs inherent in the mobility of people across national boundaries. Ranging from the global politics of refugees to the local politics of asylum, from the needs of the labor market to the implications for an evolving welfare state, The Politics of Migration addresses some of the most contentious issues of our day:...

"A character-driven look at a pivotal period in American history, 1917-1920: the tumultuous home front during WWI and its aftermath, when violence broke out across the country thanks to the first Red Scare, labor strife, and immigration battles"--Provided by publisher. The nation was on the brink. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced -- in one notable case, only in private....

In-depth study of key issues pertinent to migration policy, proposed social reforms and the immigration debate in the USA - discusses historical and current trends (1850-1978), political aspects, labour market and economic implications, human rights of immigrants (incl. Migrant workers, refugees and irregular migrants, "temporary foreign worker" programmes, the influence and significance of labour policies, population policies, foreign policies, and...