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Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy by Borjas, George J

“…This book discusses the economics of immigration, analyzing immigrants' skills, national origins, welfare use, economic mobility, and impact on the labor market and using new data to trace current…”
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Diaspora Politics: At Home Abroad by Sheffer, Gabriel

“…This book is intended to fill in a gap in the study of modern ethno-national diasporas. Thus, against the background of current trends - globalization,…”
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Divided by borders: mexican migrants and their children. by Dreby, Joanna

“…Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For…”
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In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration by Foner, Nancy

“… What does this mass immigration mean for America? Leading immigration studies scholar, Nancy Foner, answers this question in her study of comparative immigration…”
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The balance of brains—corruption and migration: Corruption could be an important factor for emigration and immigration decisions by highly skilled professionals by Ariu, Andrea, Squicciarini, Mara Pasquamaria

“… Rather than focusing on education or immigration policies, governments ought first to tackle corruption in the labour market if they want to attract international…”
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Scientists have most impact when they're free to move by Sugimoto, Cassidy R., Robinson-Garcia, Nicolas, Murray, Dakota S., Yegros-Yegros, Alfredo, Costas, Rodrigo, Larivière, Vincent

“…An analysis of researchers' global mobility reveals that limiting the circulation of scholars will damage the scientific system, say Cassidy R. Sugimoto and…”
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Mexican New York: Transnational Lives of New Immigrants by Smith, Robert

“…Drawing on more than fifteen years of research,Mexican New Yorkoffers an intimate view of globalization as it is lived by Mexican immigrants and their children…”
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The Huddled Masses Myth: Immigration And Civil Rights by Johnson, Kevin

“…Despite rhetoric that suggests that the United States opens its doors to virtually anyone who wants to come here, immigration has been restricted since the nation began…”
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Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets! : Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement by Costanza-Chock, Sasha

“…An exploration of social movement media practices in an increasingly complex media ecology, through richly detailed cases of immigrant rights activism. For…”
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Dream Chasers: Immigration and the American Backlash by Tirman, John

“…Illegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over "anchor babies," job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism…”
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Tips to beat ‘brain drain’: how to foster home expertise from abroad by Aryal, Achyut

“…Governments should encourage researchers to stay and boost the economies of their home countries rather than working overseas. Governments should encourage…”
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Postwar Migration in Southern Europe, 1950–2000: An Economic Analysis by Venturini, Alessandra

“… It will be even more difficult for south European countries, from which emigration has levelled off and to which immigration has become a significant economic issue…”
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Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children by Yoshikawa, Hirokazu

“… In the current debates around immigration reform, policymakers often view immigrants as an economic or labor market problem to be solved, but the issue has a very real human dimension…”
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Physician emigration from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: analysis of the 2011 AMA physician masterfile by Tankwanchi, Akhenaten Benjamin Siankam, Ozden, Cağlar, Vermund, Sten H

“…The large-scale emigration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to high-income nations is a serious development concern…”
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Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude? by Wellman, Christopher Heath, Cole, Phillip

“…Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they…”
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Climate change: Migration as adaptation by Black, Richard, Bennett, Stephen R G, Thomas, Sandy M, Beddington, John R

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Who Are the “Illegals”? The Social Construction of Illegality in the United States by Flores, René D., Schachter, Ariela

“…Immigration scholars have increasingly questioned the idea that “illegality” is a fixed, inherent condition…”
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Population aging and migration - history and UN forecasts in the EU-28 and its east and south near neighborhood - one century perspective 1950-2050 by Jakovljevic, Mihajlo Michael, Netz, Yael, Buttigieg, Sandra C, Adany, Roza, Laaser, Ulrich, Varjacic, Mirjana

“…There is a gap in knowledge on long term pace of population aging acceleration and related net-migration rate changes in WHO European Region and its adjacent…”
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Diversity Paradox, The: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America by Lee, Jennifer, Bean, Frank D

“… In subsequent decades, the country witnessed a new wave of immigration from Asia and Latin America…”
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State-level immigration and immigrant-focused policies as drivers of Latino health disparities in the United States by Philbin, Morgan M., Flake, Morgan, Hatzenbuehler, Mark L., Hirsch, Jennifer S.

“…There has been a great deal of state-level legislative activity focused on immigration and immigrants over the past decade in the United States…”
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