Issues in the Economics of Immigration.

• Position: Review

Issues in the Economics of Immigration, edited by George J. Borjas, is now available from the University of Chicago Press for $55.00. This NBER Conference Report analyzes the economic consequences of immigration across the social spectrum, and thus should interest a wide range of readers. Exploring the repercussions of immigration on education, welfare, Social Security; and crime, as well as the labor market, these papers assess dimensions that traditional cost-benefit calculations do not take into account. They offer...