ISBN:
0844771813
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 59 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Series Statement:
The Henry Wendt lecture series
DDC:
331.6/2
Keywords:
Internationale Migration
;
Einwanderung
;
Migrationspolitik
;
Geschichte
;
Arbeitsmarkt
;
Welt
;
USA
;
Foreign workers Economic aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Government policy
;
Globalization
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
Wirtschaftspolitik
;
Migration
;
Geschichte 1820-1950
Abstract:
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
Description / 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 -- The absence of immigrants contribute to the great income leveling in America? -- Explaining immigration policy before the 1930's: political debate and backlash
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 53 - 57
