We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

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$26.95  $25.06
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
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Pages
240
Dimensions
6.2 X 1.0 X 9.4 inches | 1.15 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780393249019

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About the Author
George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow at IZA. Professor Borjas received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. Professor Borjas has written extensively on labor market issues. He is the author of several books, including Wage Policy in the Federal Bureaucracy (American Enterprise Institute. 1980), Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy (Basic Books. 1990), Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy (Princeton University Press, 1999), Immigration Economics (Harvard University Press. 2014), and We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative (Norton, 2016). He has published more than 150 articles in books and scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Professor Borjas was called "America's leading immigration economist" by Businessweek and The Wall Street Journal. In 2011, Professor Borjas was awarded the IZA Prize in Labor Economics. He was an editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics from 1998 to 2006. He also has served as a member of the Advisory Panel in Economics at the National Science Foundation and has testified frequently before congressional committees and government commissions.
Reviews
An invaluable addition to the literature on U.S. immigration policy. A model of lucid exposition, it delves deeply into the subtle complexities of a subject that has been rife with sloppy and wishful thinking. Borjas reviews a mountain of evidence in support of a forceful argument for the position that, while there are benefits, one needs also to be mindful of the considerable costs associated with the liberalization of immigration policies.--Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stolz Professor of the Social Sciences, Brown University
An intriguing, clearly written polemic.
Lucid and illuminating.--Binyamin Appelbaum, correspondent for The New York Times
One of America's leading immigration economists presents a level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration on migrant and nonmigrant workers.
Borjas, the world's leading economic expert on immigration, has penned a nontechnical, nearly conversational book pointing out all the issues in immigration's effects on an economy--particularly the American economy. The central message is 'it depends'--impacts are positive or negative for different natives, different kinds of immigrants, and at different times. With immigration again a central political issue, this book is must-reading for every voter.--Daniel Hamermesh, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Royal Holloway University of London
However much you think you know about immigration, you'll learn something from this book.--Mark Krikorian
A readable and detailed historical tour of America's immigration debates and policies...[Borjas] generously provides readers with arguments on all sides.
A captivating, insightful and easily accessible book that makes great reading for everyone interested in the subject.--Christian Dustmann, University College London
We Wanted Workers is essential to understanding America's future. Drawing on decades of research, Borjas cuts through the myths and obfuscations plaguing our immigration debate. This is the most lucid, powerful work of social science I've ever read.--Reihan Salam, executive editor, National Review