New Americans
by James P. Smith, Barry Edmonston, National Research Council Staff
Emigration and immigrationUnited states, social conditionsEconomic aspectsGovernment policyForeign workers
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Impact of immigration on the U.S. population -- Economic impacts of immigration -- Fiscal impacts of immigration -- Social dimensions of immigration -- 1. The immigration debate -- Immigration policy -- Who wins? Who loses? -- Is immigration "too" costly? -- What did the panel do? -- A road map -- 2. Background to contemporary U.S. immigration -- A word about terminology -- U.S. immigration laws and trends -- Background to immigration numbers -- Current U.S. immigration policy -- Immigrant characteristics -- Comparison with other countries -- The Canadian case -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 2.A. Admission of immigrants into Canada -- 3. The face of the U.S. population in 2050 -- Background to population change -- A projection model -- National population growth -- Implications of the size of the population -- Age and sex composition -- Immigrants and their children -- Racial and ethnic composition -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 3.A. Population projection model -- Appendix 3.B. Population projection assumptions -- Appendix 3.C. Sensitivity of population projection results -- 4. Immigration's effects on jobs and wages : first principles -- First principles : labor market effects of immigration -- Growth and immigration -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 4.A. Immigration in the two-good, two-factor model -- Appendix 4.B. Assessing the labor market benefits and costs of immigration
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Emigration and immigrationUnited states, social conditionsEconomic aspectsGovernment policyForeign workersTravailleurs étrangers
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