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Title Immigration, trade, and the labor market / edited by John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 432 pages) : illustrations
Series A National Bureau of Economic Research project report
National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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
Summary Are immigrants squeezing Americans out of the work force? Or is competition wth foreign products imported by the United States an even greater danger to those employed in some industries? How do wages and unions fare in foreign-owned firms? And are the media's claims about the number of illegal immigrants misleading? Prompted by the growing internationalization of the U.S. labor market since the 1970s, contributors to Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market provide an innovative and comprehensive analysis of the labor market impact of the international movements of people, goods,
Analysis Labour market
United States
Canada
Australia
Notes "Papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 11-12 September 1987"--Preface
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Foreign workers -- United States -- Congresses
Foreign workers -- Canada -- Congresses
Foreign workers -- Australia -- Congresses
Labor market -- United States -- Congresses
Labor market -- Canada -- Congresses
Labor market -- Australia -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- United States -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- Canada -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- Australia -- Congresses
Foreign workers -- United States -- Congresses
Foreign workers -- Canada -- Congresses
Foreign workers -- Australia -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- United States -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- Canada -- Congresses
Foreign trade and employment -- Australia -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Foreign trade and employment
Foreign workers
Labor market
Australia
Canada
United States
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Abowd, John M
Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
ISBN 9780226000961
0226000966
1281223069
9781281223067
9786611223069
6611223061