Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences ...

DIVSince the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe.BRBRThis timely study is unique in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area economies through the 1980s. The contributors analyze the economic effects of immigration on the United States and selected source areas, with a focus on Puerto Rico and El Salvador. They examine the education and job performance of foreign-born workers; assimilation, fertility, and wage rates; and the impact of remittances by immigrants to family members on the overall gross domestic product of source areas.BRBRA revealing and original examination of a topic of growing importance, this book will stand as a guide for further research on immigration and on the economies of developing countries.BR/DIVDIVIntroduction and Summary, George J. Borjas and Richard B. FreemanBR1 National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar PeriodBRGeorge J. BorjasBR2 Out-Migration and Return Migration of Puerto RicansBRFernando A. RamosBR3 The Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor MarketBRRobert J. LaLonde and Robert H. TopelBR4 The Fertility of Immigrant Women: Evidence from High-Fertility Source CountriesBRFrancine D. BlauBR5 Mass Emigration, Remittances, and Economic Adjustment: The Case of El Salvador in the Late 1980sBREdward FunkhouserBR6 When the Minimum Wage Really Bites: The Effect of the U.S.-Level Minimum on Puerto RicoBRAlida J. Castillo-Freeman and Richard B. FreemanBR7 On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and TradeBRGeorge J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. KatzBR8 The Effect of Immigrant Arrivals on Migratory Patterns of Native WorkersBRRandall K