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Immigration in a changing economy : California's experience by McCarthy, Kevin F., 1945-; Vernez, Georges; United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense; Ford Foundation; James Irvine Foundation; William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Program for Research on Immigration Policy (U.S.) is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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1 online resource (xxxii, 338 pages) : California and its economy continue to draw benefits from immigration. However, a combination of much larger immigration flows and major changes in the state's economic environment have increased the costs of immigration, and unless current policies with regard to immigration and immigrants are changed, the benefits the state currently receives from immigrants may not continue. International immigration to California has steadily increased over the past 30 years and has profoundly affected the state's population and economy. Some observers of these changes are seeing the extreme diversity of California's population as the harbinger of where the nation is headed in the long term. For others, California has become the symbol of a major backlash against immigrants and immigration. How has California benefited from immigration? What impact have immigrants had on the state's job market? How have they affected the demand for federal and state services? What has been their educational and economic progress since their arrival? This book is the culmination of a comprehensive study of how immigration has changed over the past three decades. It assesses

Author

McCarthy, Kevin F., 1945-; Vernez, Georges; United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense; Ford Foundation; James Irvine Foundation; William & Flora Hewlett Foundation; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Program for Research on Immigration Policy (U.S.)

Publisher

RAND Corporation, The

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780833024961

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Social_sciences