The political economy of world mass migration : comparing two global centuries /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1935- (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The AEI Press, [2005]
Series:Henry Wendt lecture series ; 2004.
American Enterprise Institute library.
Immigration law & policy in the U.S.
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Online Access:HeinOnline American Enterprise Institute Library
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Table of Contents:
  • Immigrants during two global centuries : rising quantity and falling quality
  • A framework
  • Looking at local labor markets
  • Immigration shocks and labor market absorption : two modern examples
  • Immigrants, wages, and inequality : the global centuries compared
  • Policy and the demise of mass migration in the first global century
  • Population and labor force impact of the quotas
  • Did the absence of immigrants contribute to the great income leveling in America?
  • Explaining immigration policy before the 1930's : political debate and backlash
  • Summing up.