Friends Or Strangers: The Impact Of Immigrants On The Us Economy - Softcover

Borjas, George J.

9780465025688: Friends Or Strangers: The Impact Of Immigrants On The Us Economy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465025684 ISBN 13: 9780465025688

Publisher: Basic Books, 1991

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

From Publishers Weekly:

The debate over U.S. immigration policy is long on passion and woefully limited on facts. This excellent study by economist Borjas provides a firm factual foundation to guide future decisions. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, he maintains that immigrants do not lower the wages or employment opportunities of natives; however, the mix of recent immigrants has changed. New arrivals are less skilled than those who came 30 years ago, and therefore do not perform as well as earlier immigrants. Borjas notes that immigration restrictions are inherently discriminatory--rules necessarily exclude someone. He suggests that the U.S. would benefit significantly by shifting its policies toward admitting immigrants on the basis of their skill levels, by means of a point system ranking skills; or perhaps even selling visas to immigrants. This book is crucial reading for those interested in immigration policy.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

None of this "give me your tired and poor" stuff for Borjas (economics, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). He depicts today's mainly Asian and Latin American immigrants as "losers," with the United States losing the immigrants with the greatest potential for economic success to other countries, mostly because of an emphasis on family member preference in immigrant entry quotas. Borjas's book does not make for easy reading, given his less than felicitous writing style; however, his careful survey of extant data and scholarly research regarding immigration past and present provides a valuable, albeit controversial, contribution to the literature.
- Norman Lederer, UAW, Woodbridge, N.J.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.