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Harriet Duleep (), Mark C. Regets (), Seth Sanders () and Phanindra V. Wunnava ()
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Harriet Duleep: William & Mary
Mark C. Regets: National Foundation for American Policy
Seth Sanders: Cornell University
Phanindra V. Wunnava: Middlebury College

Chapter Chapter 23 in Human Capital Investment, 2020, pp 251-256 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The demise of a national origin quota system for U.S. immigration, and its replacement in 1965 with an admission policy emphasizing family reunification, opened the gates to an increasing flow of immigrants who differed dramatically in country-of-origin composition from earlier U.S. immigration. Asian immigration was an important part of this development. There has been well-publicized concern about a decline in immigrant labor market quality. To the contrary, our research shows that lower initial earnings have been accompanied by high earnings growth and human capital investment. Rather than contributing to an underclass, they have become the most upwardly mobile of American workers. This greatly benefits both immigrants and the U.S. economy.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47083-8_23

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