The Economic Consequences of Immigration into the United States

Julian L. Simon (see also vita, bio, and writings)
College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park

Figures
Introduction and Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Some General Theory of Immigration's Consequences
Chapter 3: The Demographic Dimensions of Immigration into the United States
Chapter 4: Behavioral Characteristics of Immigrants
Chapter 5: Effects of Immigrants upon the Public Coffers
Chapter 6: How Much Welfare and Public Services do Immigrants (and Natives) Use?
Chapter 7: The Effect on Natives' Incomes from Immigrants' Use of Capital Goods
Chapter 8: The Effects on Technology, Productivity, and Native Human Capital
Chapter 9: Impacts upon Natural Resources and the Environment
Chapter 10: The Overall Effect of Immigrants upon Natives' Standard of Living
Chapter 11: Job Displacement: Theory of Immigrants and Native Unemployment
Chapter 12: Empirical Studies of Labor Market Effects
Chapter 13: The Effects of Immigrants upon Income Distribution and Prices
Chapter 14: The Sending Countries, the Immigrants Themselves, and the World as a Whole
Chapter 15: The "Question" of Illegal Immigrants and Guestworkers
Chapter 16: Evaluation of Immigration Policies
Chapter 17: Conclusions and Summary of Main Findings
Appendix A: Are There Grounds for Limiting Immigration?
References

[ Home | Writings | Vita by Date | Vita by Subject | Unpublished Articles | Biography | Resampling | Replies to Critics ]

This page is maintained by Matthew Munsey. Questions, comments, and/or suggestions should be directed to mmunsey@mit.edu.