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

By: Batalova, Jeanne, 1974-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC): Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2006Description: vii, 180 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Immigrants -- United States | Skilled labor -- United States | Women immigrants -- United States | Professional employees | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 331.6/20973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.