1st Edition

Warmth Of The Welcome The Social Causes Of Economic Success In Different Nations And Cities

By Jeffrey G Reitz Copyright 1998
312 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how the economic performance of immigrants is shaped by national and urban social institutions. In the United States, particularly in the high-immigration cities, most immigrant-origin groups have significantly lower earnings than do their counterparts in Canadian or Australian cities. Immigration policy is not a factor, however; in fact U.S. immigrants?in particular origin... Read more
Explaining Immigrants’ Economic Success in Different Destinations -- Social Causes of the Economic Success of Immigrants -- Immigrant Entry-Level Status in Different Nations and Cities -- Four Institutional Areas Affecting the Terms of Immigrant Entry -- The Skill Selectivity of Immigration Policy -- Education and the Accumulation of Credentials by the Native Born -- Labor Market Segments and Earnings Disparities -- The Welfare State -- Conclusions and Policy Issues -- Compounding Institutional Forces that Shape Immigrant Economic Success -- Policies for Migration in a Global Economy

Biography

Reitz, Jeffrey G