Undocumented Migration to the United States
Perceptions and Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank D Bean, E Telles (0000-0001-5102-0835), Edward E Telles, B Lindsay Lowell |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 671 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1973027 |
| OpenAlex | W1985029344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 20 |
As the number of immigrants to the United States has risen over the past 20 years and as their national origins have shifted to Third World countries the attention of the public and of policymakers has increasingly focused on the costs rather than the benefits associated with the arrival of newcomers. After a brief examination of the size of the undocumented population in the United States--most of whom are Mexican in origin--the article examines a variety of recent studies of the labor market impact of undocumented immigrants. The wages of such workers do not appear to be affected by their immigrant status per se and the effects of immigrants (both legal and undocumented) on the wages and earnings of other labor force groups are either nonexistent or small (and sometimes positive). Such conclusions have important policy implications. They might incline one for example to be more favorably disposed toward legal employment programs. This is a revised version of a paper presented at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index Vol. 53 No. 3 Fall 1987 p. 417). (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA) (EXCERPT)
Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Perception · Political science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the Integration of Central American Unaccompanied Minors
Illegality
Irca's impact on the occupational concentration and mobility of newly-legalized Mexican men
A computable general equilibrium assessment of the impact of illegal immigration on the Greek economy
Cost of Being a Mexican Immigrant and Being a Mexican Non-Citizen in California and Texas
Inactive and Quiescent? Immigrant Collective Action in Comparative Perspective, 1960 to 1995
Settlement deservingness perceptions of climate change, economic, and political migrant groups across partisan lines
Researching illegality and labour migration
The production of “illegal” subjects in Massachusetts and high school enrollment for undocumented youth
A critical disjuncture? The culmination of post-World War II socio-demographic and economic trends in the United States
Economic Segmentation and Worker Earnings in a U.S.-Mexico Border Enclave
Durable Ethnicity
Postwar Migration in Southern Europe, 1950–2000
Looking for Loopholes
Liminal Legality
Ameliorating the Fear
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Mexican Migration to the United States
Citizenship Acquisition of Post-1965 Asian Immigrants
Unauthorized Workers and Immigration Reform
The Employment and Wages of Legalized Immigrants
Immigrant Trip Duration
Finding Good Opportunities within Unauthorized Markets
Explaining Immigrant Naturalization
The U.S. 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act and undocumented migration to the United States
Changes in Trip Duration for Mexican Immigrants to the United States
Unintended Consequences of Immigration Reform
Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
Learning to Be Illegal
The powerful consequences of being too weak. The impact of immigration on democratic regimes
Illegal aliens and census counts
What makes you go back home? Determinants of the duration of migration of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Primed for Backlash
The impact of immigration on unemployment and earnings among racial minorities in the United States
Ethnicity and naturalization
The fourth wave
The Hispanic population of the United States
Latin Journey
Return to Aztlan
Immigrant and Native Workers
The Substitutability of Natives and Immigrants in Production
International Migration
Geographic Distribution of Undocumented Immigrants
What is the annual net flow of undocumented mexican immigrants to the united states
A Count of the Uncountable
Undocumented Mexican immigrants and the earnings of other workers in the United States
The number of illegal migrants of Mexican origin in the United States
The Effects of Immigrants, Women, and Teenagers on the Relative Earnings of Black Males
Post-World War II Immigration to the United States
Birds of Passage
Immigration Policy and the American Labor Force
Current and Future Effects of Mexican Immigration in California
The Labor Market Effects of Immigration
Confronting the problem
Dimensions of the New Immigration to the United States and the Prospects for Assimilation
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |