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RETHINKING THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION ON WAGES

World Scientific Studies in International Economics, 2012
This paper asks the following question: what was the effect of surging immigration on average and individual wages of U.S.-born workers during the period 1990-2004? We emphasize the need for a general equilibrium approach to analyze this problem.
G. Ottaviano, G. Peri
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The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications

Journal of Politics, 2019
Do voters have stable immigration views? While any account of immigration politics must make an assumption about whether underlying attitudes are stable, the literature has been ambiguous regarding the issue. To remedy this omission, we provide the first
A. Kustov, Dillon Laaker, Cassidy Reller
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Immigration and Crisis

International Migration Review, 1980
The author examines the purposes and results of recent migration legislation aimed at reducing the number of immigrants to France. The effects of government policies on employment relocation of industry and ideological structures are analyzed. Resistance to these policies is discussed and other economic functions of immigration within the national ...
Dixon K, Verhaeren Re
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Immigration and immigrant generations in population projections

International Journal of Forecasting, 1992
This paper proposes a new model for population projections. This model projects an initial population under conditions of fertility, mortality, and international migration (like standard cohort-component models), but considers the population arrayed by generation. The model incorporates 4 generations: a foreign-born first generation (the immigrants),
Barry Edmonston, Jeffrey S. Passel
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Immigrants and immigration

2014
International ...
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The Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market

Journal of economic surveys (Print), 2019
The literature on the impact of immigration on the labor market is highly controversial. The aim of this paper is to review the existing literature and draw some general conclusions on how wages and employment respond to immigration.
Anthony Edo
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Picturing immigration: how the media criminalizes immigrants

Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2018
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that the way the press frames policy issues can foster fear, particularly with respect to portrayals of immigrants.
Emily M. Farris, Heather Silber Mohamed
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Immigration Policy, Practices, and Procedures: The Impact on the Mental Health of Mexican and Central American Youth and Families

American Psychologist, 2018
Currently, 15 million Mexican and Central American individuals live in the United States, with this number projected to rise in the next few decades (Lesser & Batalova, 2017; Zong & Batalova, 2017).
Stephanie A. Torres, C. D. Santiago, K. Walts, M. Richards   +3 more
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Immigration and Immigrants

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2003
Abstract Public opinion polls conducted from 1964 to 1999 found that Americans' desire to reduce immigration increased dramatically, but there existed a wide variation regarding which nationalities were to be restricted. Furthermore, the majority believed that many immigrants wind up on welfare and raise taxes for Americans and, hence, cause problems ...
Kathy Romines Msw, Melanie Hobbs Msw, Darrel Montero, Susan Lang Msw, Tonia Scott Msw, Anne Kaiser Msw, Beverly Buck Msw   +6 more
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Immigration quotas and immigrant selection

Explorations in Economic History, 2016
Several factors influenced the composition of migrants in the early 20th century, including World War I, the Literacy Act of 1917, and the implementation of strict immigration quotas. This paper examines whether the United States' first immigration quota, established under the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, affected migrant selection. The Emergency
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