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Title

The immigration debate : studies on the economic, demographic, and fiscal effects of immigration / James P. Smith and Barry Edmonston, editors

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS
Murray Library-6th Floor	JV6471 .I.4648 1998	IN LIBRARY

Table of Contents
1	Introduction / James P. Smith	1
2	An Economic Framework for Assessing the Fiscal Impacts of Immigration / Thomas MaCurdy, Thomas Nechyba, Jay Bhattacharya	13
3	Fiscal Impacts of Immigrant and Native Households: A New Jersey Case Study / Deborah L. Garvey, Thomas J. Espenshade	66
4	The Fiscal Impacts of Immigrants: A California Case Study / Michael S. Clune	120
5	The Current Fiscal Impact of Immigrants and Their Descendants: Beyond the Immigrant Household / Ronald D. Lee, Timothy W. Miller	183
6	Immigrants and Natives in General Equilibrium Trade Models / Daniel Trefler	206
7	Labor Market Outcomes of Female Immigrants in the United States / Edward Funkhouser, Stephen J. Trejo	239
8	Historical Background to Current Immigration Issues / Susan B. Carter, Richard Sutch	289
9	Immigration and Crime in the United States / John Hagan, Alberto Palloni	367
10	The Impact of Recent Immigration on Population Redistribution Within the United States / William H. Frey, Kao-Lee Liaw	388
	Index	449

Description	xii, 458 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies
Summary	"The Immigration Debate, a companion volume to The New Americans, augments its analysis of the economic gains and losses from immigration - for the nation, states, and local areasadding to the scientific foundation it provides for public discussion and policy making. It includes nine original and synthesis papers with detailed data and analysis that support and extend the work in the first book and point the way for future work. The Immigration Debate includes case studies of the fiscal effects of immigration in New Jersey and California, studies of the impact of immigration on population redistribution and on crime in the United States, and much more."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references and index
Other Author	Smith, James P., 1943-
	Edmonston, Barry
ISBN	0309059984 (pbk.)