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Immigration, trade, and the labor market [electronic resource] / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research project reportPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1991.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 432 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226000961 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226000966 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Immigration, trade, and the labor market.DDC classification:
  • 331.6/2 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8081.A5 I53 1991eb
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Contents:
Immigration and self-selection / George J. Borjas -- Undocumented Mexican-born workers in the United States : how many, how permanent? / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Kevin Lang -- The effect of policy restrictions on capital and labor flows in Mexico / Juan Diez-Canedo R. -- Internal migration of U.S. immigrants / Ann P. Bartel and Marianne J. Koch -- Migration, ethnicity, and labor force activity / Marta Tienda and Franklin D. Wilson -- Labor market adjustments to increased immigration / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel -- The effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives / Joseph G. Altonji and David Card -- Industrial wage and employment determination in an open economy / Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz -- Foreign-owned businesses in the United States / Jonathan S. Leonard and Rachel McCulloch.
Immigration, international trade, and the wages of native workers / Peter Kuhn and Ian Wooton -- Immigrants, labor market pressures, and the composition of the aggregate demand / Susan M. Collins -- An analysis of the earnings of Canadian immigrants / David E. Bloom and Morley Gunderson -- The effects of international competition on collective bargaining outcomes : a comparison of the United States and Canada / John M. Abowd and Thomas Lemieux -- Male immigrant wage and unemployment experience in Australia / John J. Beggs and Bruce J. Chapman -- Why are low-skilled immigrants in the United States poorly paid relative to their Australian counterparts : some of the issues illustrated in the context of the footwear, clothing, and textile industries / R.G. Gregory, R. Anstie, and E. Klug.
Appendix : The NBER immigration, trade, and labor markets data files / John M. Abowd.
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"Papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 11-12 September 1987"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Immigration and self-selection / George J. Borjas -- Undocumented Mexican-born workers in the United States : how many, how permanent? / George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Kevin Lang -- The effect of policy restrictions on capital and labor flows in Mexico / Juan Diez-Canedo R. -- Internal migration of U.S. immigrants / Ann P. Bartel and Marianne J. Koch -- Migration, ethnicity, and labor force activity / Marta Tienda and Franklin D. Wilson -- Labor market adjustments to increased immigration / Robert J. LaLonde and Robert H. Topel -- The effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives / Joseph G. Altonji and David Card -- Industrial wage and employment determination in an open economy / Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz -- Foreign-owned businesses in the United States / Jonathan S. Leonard and Rachel McCulloch.

Immigration, international trade, and the wages of native workers / Peter Kuhn and Ian Wooton -- Immigrants, labor market pressures, and the composition of the aggregate demand / Susan M. Collins -- An analysis of the earnings of Canadian immigrants / David E. Bloom and Morley Gunderson -- The effects of international competition on collective bargaining outcomes : a comparison of the United States and Canada / John M. Abowd and Thomas Lemieux -- Male immigrant wage and unemployment experience in Australia / John J. Beggs and Bruce J. Chapman -- Why are low-skilled immigrants in the United States poorly paid relative to their Australian counterparts : some of the issues illustrated in the context of the footwear, clothing, and textile industries / R.G. Gregory, R. Anstie, and E. Klug.

Appendix : The NBER immigration, trade, and labor markets data files / John M. Abowd.

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