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Immigration Policy: Political or Economic?

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Briggs38_Immigration_policy.pdf (681.9 KB)
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Author
Briggs, Vernon M. Jr
Abstract

Our politically dominated immigration policy is counter to our nation's labor needs and exacerbates our worst racial and income disparities. An economically sound immigration policy would secure our national well-being.

Date Issued
1991-09-01
Keywords
labor market
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United States
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employment
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immigration
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public policy
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labor supply
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labor demand
Related DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/05775132.1991.11471530
Rights
Required Publisher Statement: Copyright by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Final article published as Briggs, V. M., Jr. (1991). Immigration policy: political or economic? [Electronic version]. Challenge, 34(5), 12-19.
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