Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 The Immigration Debate; 4 2 Background to Contemporary U.S. Immigration; 5 3 The Face of the U.S. Population in 2050; 6 4 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: First Principles; 7 5 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence; 8 6 Do Immigrants Impose a Net Fiscal Burden? Annual Estimates; 9 7 The Future Fiscal Impacts of Current Immigrants; 10 8 The Social Dimensions of Immigration; 11 Biographical Sketches; 12 Index

About the Author

James P. Smith and Barry Edmonston, Editors; Panel on the Demographic and Economic Impacts of Immigration, National Research Council