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21%OFFGeorge J. Borjas - Heaven´s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy - 9780691088969 - V9780691088969
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Heaven´s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy

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Description for Heaven´s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy Paperback. Presents an account of the economic impact of immigration on America. This work reveals that the benefits of immigration have been exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 line illus., 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
The U.S. took in more than a million immigrants per year in the late 1990s, more than at any other time in history. For humanitarian and many other reasons, this may be good news. But as George Borjas shows in Heaven's Door, it's decidedly mixed news for the American economy--and positively bad news for the country's poorest citizens. Widely regarded as the country's leading immigration economist, Borjas presents the most comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date account yet of the economic impact of recent immigration on America. He reveals that the benefits of immigration have been greatly exaggerated and that, if we ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691088969
SKU
V9780691088969
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About George J. Borjas
George J. Borjas is Pforzheimer Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of several books, including Wage Policy in the Federal Bureaucracy, Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy and Labor Economics.

Reviews for Heaven´s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy
Honorable Mention for the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers "[A] tour de force on the economics of immigration. In the policy area where emotion or ideology usually overwhelms analysis, this is a stunning piece of research
nuanced, lucid and forceful... This is an enormously impressive book."
Peter Skerry, The Washington Post "For ... Read more

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