A major new entry of the undergraduate Labor Economics Course, this text presents both economic theory and empirical evidence to illustrate and explain "the story" of modern labor markets. The text carefully blends coverage of traditional topics with coverage of modern theory and developments. The organization of materials is designed to motivate student interest. For example, most chapters open with a presentation of labor market facts followed by a discussion of the story of theory labor economists have developed to understand and explain these facts. The theory is then extended and applied to other market realities.

Labor Economics

Business & Money

Borjas, George J.

Economics

Mcgraw-Hill College

Study Guide to Accompany Labor Economics

Human Resources

"Labor Economics, 5/e" is a well-received text that blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb Labor Economics book. The Fifth Edition builds on the features and concepts that made the first four editions successful, updating and adding new content to keep the text on the cusp of recent events in the Labor Economics field. The new edition continues to be the most concise book in the market, enabling the instructor to teach all relevant material in a semester-long class. Despite the book's brevity, the instructor will find that all of the key topics in labor economics are efficiently covered in the Fifth Edition. Thanks to updated pedagogy, new end-of-chapter material, and even stronger instructor support, the Fifth Edition of "Labor Economics" remains one of the most relevant textbooks in the market.

Labor Economics (McGraw-Hill International Editions Series)

McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)

The second edition of this well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb text by one of our top Labor Economists. The author's current experience at the Kennedy School of Government allows him to incorporate new policy examples and a leaner presentation of the theory.

McGraw/Hill/Irwin

George Borjas’ well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb Labor economics book. His integration of theory with facts and coverage of latest research make his book one of the most popular at the middle and upper end of the market.

This book presents a series of research articles written over the past four decades by leading economists George J. Borjas and Barry R. Chiswick. Borjas and Chiswick are leading experts on the adjustment of immigrants in their destination country and their impact on the economy. Although they worked separately throughout their careers, and did not always agree, their intellectual interaction has greatly increased understanding of the economic consequences of international migration and immigration policy across developed immigrant receiving countries. This volume brings together their contributions for the first time to demonstrate how public policy issues on immigration have evolved over time. An in-depth analysis of the key issues relating to international migration Foundations of Migration Economics explores the assimilation of immigrants, focusing on the earning changes of immigrants with a longer duration in the host economy; how immigrant networks and ethnic enclaves influence the labor market and linguistic adjustment of immigrants; determinants of language proficiency and to what extent pre-migration skills are effectively employed by the destination; and the effect of immigration on the earnings of earlier waves of immigrants and native-born workers.

Foundations of Migration Economics (IZA Prize in Labor Economics)

Chiswick, Barry R.

Oxford University Press

From "America’s leading immigration economist" (The Wall Street Journal), a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration.
We are a nation of immigrants, and we have always been concerned about immigration. As early as 1645, the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to prohibit the entry of "paupers." Today, however, the notion that immigration is universally beneficial has become pervasive. To many modern economists, immigrants are a trove of much-needed workers who can fill predetermined slots along the proverbial assembly line.
But this view of immigration’s impact is overly simplified, explains George J. Borjas, a Cuban-American, Harvard labor economist. Immigrants are more than just workers―they’re people who have lives outside of the factory gates and who may or may not fit the ideal of the country to which they’ve come to live and work. Like the rest of us, they’re protected by social insurance programs, and the choices they make are affected by their social environments.
In We Wanted Workers, Borjas pulls back the curtain of political bluster to show that, in the grand scheme, immigration has not affected the average American all that much. But it has created winners and losers. The losers tend to be nonmigrant workers who compete for the same jobs as immigrants. And somebody’s lower wage is somebody else’s higher profit, so those who employ immigrants benefit handsomely. In the end, immigration is mainly just another government redistribution program.
"I am an immigrant," writes Borjas, "and yet I do not buy into the notion that immigration is universally beneficial…But I still feel that it is a good thing to give some of the poor and huddled masses, people who face so many hardships, a chance to experience the incredible opportunities that our exceptional country has to offer." Whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, We Wanted Workers is essential reading for anyone interested in the issue of immigration in America today.

We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

W.W.Norton&Company

Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy

Basic Books

From Library Journal\nNone of this "give me your tired and poor" stuff for Borjas (economics, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara). He depicts today's mainly Asian and Latin American immigrants as "losers," with the United States losing the immigrants with the greatest potential for economic success to other countries, mostly because of an emphasis on family member preference in immigrant entry quotas. Borjas's book does not make for easy reading, given his less than felicitous writing style; however, his careful survey of extant data and scholarly research regarding immigration past and present provides a valuable, albeit controversial, contribution to the literature. 
- Norman Lederer, UAW, Woodbridge, N.J. 
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\nFrom Publishers Weekly\nThe debate over U.S. immigration policy is long on passion and woefully limited on facts. This excellent study by economist Borjas provides a firm factual foundation to guide future decisions. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, he maintains that immigrants do not lower the wages or employment opportunities of natives; however, the mix of recent immigrants has changed. New arrivals are less skilled than those who came 30 years ago, and therefore do not perform as well as earlier immigrants. Borjas notes that immigration restrictions are inherently discriminatory--rules necessarily exclude someone. He suggests that the U.S. would benefit significantly by shifting its policies toward admitting immigrants on the basis of their skill levels, by means of a point system ranking skills; or perhaps even selling visas to immigrants. This book is crucial reading for those interested in immigration policy. 
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Friends Or Strangers: The Impact Of Immigrants On The Us Economy

Millions of people--nearly 3 percent of the world's population--no longer live in the country where they were born. Every day, migrants enter not only the United States but also developed countries without much of a history of immigration. Some of these nations have switched in a short span of time from being the source of immigrants to being a destination for them. International migration is today a central subject of research in modern labor economics, which seeks to put into perspective and explain this historic demographic transformation.
Immigration Economics synthesizes the theories, models, and econometric methods used to identify the causes and consequences of international labor flows. Economist George Borjas lays out with clarity and rigor a full spectrum of topics, including migrant worker selection and assimilation, the impact of immigration on labor markets and worker wages, and the economic benefits and losses that result from immigration.
Two important themes emerge: First, immigration has distributional consequences: some people gain, but some people lose. Second, immigrants are rational economic agents who attempt to do the best they can with the resources they have, and the same holds true for native workers of the countries that receive migrants. This straightforward behavioral proposition, Borjas argues, has crucial implications for how economists and policymakers should frame contemporary debates over immigration.

Immigration Economics

Harvard University Press

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Labor Economics

Study Guide to Accompany Labor Economics

Labor Economics (McGraw-Hill International Editions Series)

Labor Economics

Labor Economics

Foundations of Migration Economics (IZA Prize in Labor Economics)

We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative

Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy

Friends Or Strangers: The Impact Of Immigrants On The Us Economy

Immigration Economics