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Skilled immigrant and native workers in the United States [electronic resource] : the economic competition debate and beyond / Jeanne Batalova.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.Description: vii, 180 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 331.6/20973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8081.A5 B38 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
"Brain gain" what's in the name? Opportunities and challenges of highly skilled immigration -- The historical treatment of skilled immigrants in US : immigration legislation -- Definitions and demographics : highly skilled workers in the United States -- The tipping point of the brain gain : job context and earnings competition with natives -- Looking through the nativity-gender lenses : earnings of immigrant and native women in highly skilled jobs -- "End restriction! recruit!" or "End recruitment! Restrict!" : further thoughts on highly skilled immigration in the 21st century United States.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-174) and index.

"Brain gain" what's in the name? Opportunities and challenges of highly skilled immigration -- The historical treatment of skilled immigrants in US : immigration legislation -- Definitions and demographics : highly skilled workers in the United States -- The tipping point of the brain gain : job context and earnings competition with natives -- Looking through the nativity-gender lenses : earnings of immigrant and native women in highly skilled jobs -- "End restriction! recruit!" or "End recruitment! Restrict!" : further thoughts on highly skilled immigration in the 21st century United States.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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