Immigration In A Changing Economy: California's Experience--questions And Answers

Immigration In A Changing Economy: California's Experience--questions And Answers
by Kevin F. Mccarthy And Georges Vernez

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The Economist
The thoroughness of the RAND report ... ensures that it will have a big impact.

Immigration Review
... The most detailed picture of California's immigrant population produced to date.

Foreign Affairs
A fact-filled sober, and sane analysis of California's immigrants.

Journal of American Ethnic History
...a well-written, technically well-executed and balanced analysis of the characteristics and impact of immigration on California's economy....

Immigration & Nationality Law & Practice
...this book is a rich resource for the researcher on immigration to the USA, well-illustrated with many graphs and tables.

Foreign Affairs
A fact-filled sober, and sane analysis of California's immigrants.

Book Description
Steadily increasing immigration to California over the past thirty years has profoundly affected the state. Some observers of these changes see the extreme diversity of California's population as the harbinger of where the nation is headed in the long term. Others see California as the symbol of a major backlash against immigrants and immigration. How has California benefited from immigration? What impact have immigrants had on the state's job market? How have they affected the demand for federal and state services? What has been their education and economic progress since their arrival? This book summarizes the findings of a comprehensive study fully documented in Immigration in a Changing Economy: California's Experience, by Kevin F. McCarthy and Georges Vernez. Using a question-and-answer framework, it discusses the impact immigration has had on the state's demography, economy, people, and institutions, drawing lessons for California's future as well as for other states and the nation.

From the Publisher
This report summarizes in some detail the principal findings of a comprehensive study of how immigration has affected the state of California, the full details of which are documented in Immigration in a Changing Economy: California's Experience, by Kevin F. McCarthy and Georges Vernez (MR-854-OSD/CBR/FF/WFHF/IF/AMF, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1997). The research was funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the California Business Roundtable, The Ford Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and The Andrew F. Mellon Foundation. Other, related reports include Robert F. Schoeni, Kevin F. McCarthy, and Georges Vernez, The Mixed Economic Progress of Immigrants, MR-763-IF/FF, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1996. Georges Vernez and Allan Abrahamse, How Immigrants Fare in U.S. Education, MR-718-AMF, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1996. Georges Vernez and Kevin F. McCarthy, The Costs of Immigration to Taxpayers: Analytical and Policy Issues, MR-705-FF/IF, Santa Monica, CA:RAND, 1996.The research summarized here was carried out at RAND in the Center for Research on Immigration Policy in collaboration with the Forces and Resources Policy Center of RAND's National Defense Research Institute (NDRI). The Center for Research on Immigration Policy was founded in 1987 to provide a focal point for ongoing RAND immigration research being carried out by various disciplines and from different perspectives. NDRI is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies.

About the Author
Kevin F. McCarthy (Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin) is the Manager of the International Studies/Communication Consulting Group at RAND. Dr. McCarthy is currently leading a major RAND initiative on arts policy in the United States. Dr. McCarthy's demographic work has focused on migration within and immigration to the United States.

GEORGES VERNEZ (Ph.D., Urban and Regional Development, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley) is a Senior Social Scientist and Director, Center for Research onImmigration Policy, at RAND.

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