Immigration Economics synthesizes the theories, models, and econometric methods used to identify the causes and consequences of international labor flows. Economist George Borjas lays out with clarity and rigor a full spectrum of topics, including migrant worker selection and assimilation, the impact of immigration on labor markets and worker wages, and the economic benefits and losses that result from immigration.
Two important themes emerge: First, immigration has distributional consequences: some people gain, but some people lose. Second, immigrants are rational economic agents who attempt to do the best they can with the resources they have, and the same holds true for native workers of the countries that receive migrants. This straightforward behavioral proposition, Borjas argues, has crucial implications for how economists and policymakers should frame contemporary debates over immigration.
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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (May 12, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674049772
ISBN-13: 978-0674049772
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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