The early work of Gilles Grenier, and Walter McManus, William Gould, and Finis Welch
concluded that US immigrants who are proficient in the English language have higher …

The economic impact of immigration depends both on how immigrants perform in the United
States when they first enter the country, as well as on their long-run economic prospects …

Immigration can heavily influence the way in which a country's labor force evolves over time.
Recent American experience bears this out. The proportion of immigrants in the adult …

Immigration to the United States during the 1970's and 1980's was greater than in any
decade since the 1920's. Simultaneously, the proportion of immigrants arriving from Europe …

This paper analyzes trends in the skills of immigrants to the United States in the post-World
War II period. Changes in the supply, demand, and institutional factors determining …

Immigration is a contentious issue in the industrialized nations of the world. This is true not
merely in traditional receiving countries, such as the United States, Canada and Australia …

This article reviews the recent evidence on US immigration, focusing on two key
questions:(1) Does immigration reduce the labour market opportunities of less skilled …

In the 1980s, the wages and employment rates of less-skilled Americans fell relative to those
of more-skilled workers. This paper examines the contribution of the continuing inflow of less …

More immigrants entered the United States during the past decade than in any comparable
period since the 1920's. Among the issues raised by this influx, none is as controversial as …

IMMIGRATION AND TRADE-particularly with less developed countries (LDCs)-have
become more significant to the US economy since the 1960s than they were earlier in the …