Skilled immigrant and native workers in the United States the economic competition debate and beyond / [electronic resource] :
Jeanne Batalova.
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006.
- vii, 180 p. : ill., maps.
- The new Americans .
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
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.
Immigrants--United States. Skilled labor--United States. Women immigrants--United States. Professional employees.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.