George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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WWW: http://www.borjas.com
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NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Institutional Affiliation: Harvard University
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NBER Working Papers and Publications
| May 2019 | Immigration and Economic Growth
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| January 2019 | From Immigrants to Robots: The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers
with Richard B. Freeman: w25438
Published: George J. Borjas & Richard B. Freeman, 2019. "From Immigrants to Robots: The Changing Locus of Substitutes for Workers," RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol 5(5), pages 22-42.
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| May 2018 | Job Vacancies, the Beveridge Curve, and Supply Shocks: The Frequency and Content of Help-Wanted Ads in Pre- and Post-Mariel Miami
with Jason Anastasopoulos, Gavin G. Cook, Michael Lachanski: w24580
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| April 2018 | Health, Employment, and Disability: Implications from the Undocumented Population
with David J.G. Slusky: w24504
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| June 2017 | Still More On Mariel: The Role of Race
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| March 2017 | The Earnings of Undocumented Immigrants
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| September 2016 | The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks
with Joan Monras: w22656
Published: George J. Borjas & Joan Monras, 2017. "The labour market consequences of refugee supply shocks," Economic Policy, Volume 32, Issue 91, July 2017, Pages 361–413 citation courtesy of 
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| March 2016 | The Labor Supply of Undocumented Immigrants
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Published: George J. Borjas, 2017. "The labor supply of undocumented immigrants," Labour Economics, vol 46, pages 1-13.
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| January 2016 | The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: Additional Evidence
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| October 2015 | Self-Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics
with Ilpo Kauppinen, Panu Poutvaara: w21649
Published: George J Borjas & Ilpo Kauppinen & Panu Poutvaara, 2019. "Self-selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics," The Economic Journal, vol 129(617), pages 143-171.
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| September 2015 | The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: A Reappraisal
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Published: George J. Borjas, 2017. "The Wage Impact of the : A Reappraisal," ILR Review, vol 70(5), pages 1077-1110.
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| April 2015 | Ethnic Complementarities after the Opening of China: How Chinese Graduate Students Affected the Productivity of Their Advisors
with Kirk B. Doran, Ying Shen: w21096
Published: George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran & Ying Shen, 2018. "Ethnic Complementarities after the Opening of China," Journal of Human Resources, vol 53(1), pages 1-31. citation courtesy of
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| April 2014 | How High-Skill Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the USSR
with Kirk B. Doran
in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 15, William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, editors
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| March 2014 | Which Peers Matter? The Relative Impacts of Collaborators, Colleagues, and Competitors
with Kirk B. Doran: w20026
Published: George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran, 2015. "Which Peers Matter? The Relative Impacts of Collaborators, Colleagues, and Competitors," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol 97(5), pages 1104-1117. citation courtesy of
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| September 2013 | Prizes and Productivity: How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output
with Kirk B. Doran: w19445
Published: George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran, 2015. "Prizes and Productivity: How Winning the Fields Medal Affects Scientific Output," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 50(3), pages 728-758. citation courtesy of
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| June 2013 | The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants: Aging and Cohort Effects Revisited Again
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Published: George J. Borjas, 2015. "The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants: Aging and Cohort Effects Revisited Again," Journal of Human Capital, vol 9(4), pages 483-517.
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| December 2012 | Cognitive Mobility: Labor Market Responses to Supply Shocks in the Space of Ideas
with Kirk B. Doran: w18614
Published: George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran, 2015. "Cognitive Mobility: Labor Market Responses to Supply Shocks in the Space of Ideas," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(S1), pages S109 - S145. citation courtesy of
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| October 2012 | Cognitive Mobility: Labor Market Responses to Supply Shocks in the Space of Ideas
with Kirk B. Doran
in US High-Skilled Immigration in the Global Economy, Sarah Turner and William Kerr, organizers
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| February 2012 | The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians
with Kirk B. Doran: w17800
Published: George J. Borjas & Kirk B. Doran, 2012. "The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 127(3), pages 1143-1203. citation courtesy of
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| September 2011 | Substitution Between Immigrants, Natives, and Skill Groups
with Jeffrey Grogger, Gordon H. Hanson: w17461
Published: “Comment: Substitution between Immigrants, Natives, and Skill Groups.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(1), 2012. (with George Borjas and Jeffrey Grogger)
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| July 2010 | Attenuation Bias in Measuring the Wage Impact of Immigration
with Abdurrahman Aydemir: w16229
Published: Abdurrahman Aydemir & George J. Borjas, 2011. "Attenuation Bias in Measuring the Wage Impact of Immigration," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(1), pages 69-113, 01. citation courtesy of
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| October 2009 | Recent Trends in the Earnings of New Immigrants to the United States
with Rachel M. Friedberg: w15406
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| June 2009 | Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
in Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment, Richard B. Freeman and Daniel Goroff, editors
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| March 2009 | The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration
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Published: George J Borjas, 2013. "The analytics of the wage effect of immigration," IZA Journal of Migration, vol 2(1).
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| March 2008 | Imperfect Substitution between Immigrants and Natives: A Reappraisal
with Jeffrey Grogger, Gordon H. Hanson: w13887
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| November 2007 | Labor Outflows and Labor Inflows in Puerto Rico
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Published: George J. Borjas, 2008. "Labor Outflows and Labor Inflows in Puerto Rico," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 2(1), pages 32-68. citation courtesy of
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| May 2007 | The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
with Lawrence F. Katz
in Mexican Immigration to the United States, George J. Borjas, editor
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| Contributors, Indexes
in Mexican Immigration to the United States, George J. Borjas, editor
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| Front matter, acknowledgment, table of contents
in Mexican Immigration to the United States, George J. Borjas, editor
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| Introduction to "Mexican Immigration to the United States"
in Mexican Immigration to the United States, George J. Borjas, editor
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| September 2006 | Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks
with Jeffrey Grogger, Gordon H. Hanson: w12518
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| June 2006 | A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States
with Abdurrahman Aydemir: w12327
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| March 2006 | Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Native Internal Migration and The Labor Market Impact Of Immigration," Journal of Human Resources, 2006, v41(2,Spring), 221-258.
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| Making it in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Making It in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population." The Future of Children Vol. 16, No. 2 Opportunity in America (Fall 2006): 55-71.
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| September 2005 | Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Native Internal Migration and The Labor Market Impact Of Immigration," Journal of Human Resources 41(2): 221-258, Spring 2006 citation courtesy of
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| April 2005 | The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
with Lawrence F. Katz: w11281
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| March 2005 | The Labor Market Impact of High-Skill Immigration
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Published: Borjas, George J. "The Labor-Market Impact Of High-Skill Immigration," American Economic Review, 2005, v95(2,May), 56-60. citation courtesy of
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| March 2004 | Do Foreign Students Crowd Out Native Students from Graduate Programs?
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Published: Stephan, Paula E. and Ronald G. Ehrenberg (eds.) Science and the University (Science and Technology in Society). University of Wisconsin Press, 2007.
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| June 2003 | Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population
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Published: Borjas, George J., 2003. "Welfare reform, labor supply, and health insurance in the immigrant population," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(6), pages 933-958, November. citation courtesy of
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| The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market
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Published: Borjas, George J. "The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market," Quarterly Journal of Economics 118(4): 1335-1374, November 2003 citation courtesy of
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| November 2002 | The Wage Structure and the Sorting of Workers into the Public Sector
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| September 2002 | Food Insecurity and Public Assistance
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Food Insecurity And Public Assistance," Journal of Public Economics, 2004, v88(7-8,Jul), 1421-1443. citation courtesy of
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| May 2002 | Homeownership in the Immigrant Population
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Homeownership In The Immigrant Population," Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, v52(3,Nov), 448-476. citation courtesy of
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| July 2000 | Market Responses to Interindustry Wage Differentials
with Valerie A. Ramey: w7799
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| April 2000 | Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants and the Academic Performance of Undergraduates
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants And The Academic Performance Of Undergraduates," American Economic Review, 2000, v90(2,May), 355-359. citation courtesy of
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| January 2000 | Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment
in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, George J. Borjas, editor
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| Introduction to "Issues in the Economics of Immigration"
in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, George J. Borjas, editor
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| The Economic Progress of Immigrants
in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, George J. Borjas, editor
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| List of Contributors, Indices
in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, George J. Borjas, editor
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| September 1999 | Immigration
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| November 1998 | Immigration and Welfare Magnets
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Published: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 17, no. 4, part 1 (October 1999): 607-637 citation courtesy of
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| April 1998 | The Economic Progress of Immigrants
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| September 1997 | Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency
with Glenn T. Sueyoshi: w6175
Published: Borjas, George J. and Glenn T. Sueyoshi. “Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency.” Research in Labor Economics 16 (1997): 271-295.
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| To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto: Ethnicity and Residential Segregation
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Published: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 44, no. 2 (September 1998): 228-253 citation courtesy of
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| February 1996 | Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market
with Richard B. Freeman, Lawrence F. Katz: w5454
Published: American Economic Review, 86, pp.246-251, May 1996. citation courtesy of
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| December 1995 | Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means- Tested Entitlement Programs
with Lynette Hilton: w5372
Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 111, no. 2 (May 1996): 575-604. Published as "Immigration and the Family", JLE, Vol. 9, no. 2 (1991): 123-148. citation courtesy of
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| December 1994 | The Economic Benefits from Immigration
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Published: Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, no. 2, (Spring 1995), pp. 3-22. citation courtesy of
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| November 1994 | Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human Capital Externalities
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Published: American Economic Review, Vol. 85, no. 3 (1995): 365-390. citation courtesy of
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| Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born
with Bernt Bratsberg: w4913
Published: Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 78, no. 1 (February 1996): 165- 176. citation courtesy of
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| September 1994 | Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?
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Published: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 13, no. 2 (April 1995): pp. 201-245. citation courtesy of
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| Immigration and Welfare, 1970-1990
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Published: Polachek, Solomon W. (ed.) Research in labor economics. Volume 14. Greenwich, CN and London: JAI Press, 1995.
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| February 1994 | Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials
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Published:
- Published as "Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials: The Children and Grandchildren of the Great Migration", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 47, no. 4 (1994): 553-573.
- George J. Borjas, 2001. "Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials, Revisited," Demography, vol 38(3), pages 357-361.
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| December 1993 | Foreign Competition, Market Power and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence
with Valerie A. Ramey: w4556
Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 110 (November 1995): 1075-1110
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| November 1993 | A Two-Stage Estimator for Probit Models with Structural Group Effects
with Glenn T. Sueyoshi: t0146
Published: Borjas, George J. and Glenn T. Sueyoshi. "A Two-Stage Estimator For Probit Models With Structural Group Effects," Journal of Econometrics, 1994, v64(1/2), 165-182.
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| September 1993 | Immigration and Ethnicity
NBER Reporter Reporter_archive
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| January 1993 | Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States
in Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States, David Card and Richard B. Freeman
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| March 1992 | National Origin and Immigrant Welfare Recipiency
with Stephen J. Trejo: w4029
Published: Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 50, no. 3 (1993): 325-344. citation courtesy of
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| February 1992 | Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States
with Stephen G. Bronars, Stephen J. Trejo: w4002
Published:
- Borjas, George J., "The Earnings of Male Hispanic Immigrants in the United States," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 35, no. 3 (April 1982): 343-353.
- Borjas, George J., "The Earnings of State Government Employees in the United States", Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 19, no. 2 (March 1986): 156-173. citation courtesy of
- Journal of Urban Economics, Vol 32, no. 2 (September 1992): 159-185.
- Borjas, George., "The Earnings of Mexican Immigrants in the United States", Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 51, no. 1 (October 1996): 69-98.
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| January 1992 | The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants
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Published: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 11, no. 1, part 1 (1993): 113-135. citation courtesy of
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| Front matter, Immigration and the Work Force :Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas
with Richard B. Freeman
in Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| List of Contributors, Indexes
with Richard B. Freeman
in Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
with Richard B. Freeman, Lawrence F. Katz
in Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period
in Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| Introduction and Summary
with Richard B. Freeman
in Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| July 1991 | Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
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Published: Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 107, no. 1 (1992): 123-150. citation courtesy of
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| June 1991 | On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
with Richard B. Freeman, Lawrence F. Katz: w3761
Published:
- George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors. Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, September 1992.
- Borjas, George J., Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz. "Searching For The Effect Of Immigration On The Labor Market," American Economic Review, 1996, v86(2,May), 246-251.
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| April 1991 | Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States
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Published: Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States, edited by David Card and Richard Freeman, pp. 21- 44, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993.
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| January 1991 | National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period
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Published: George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, editors. Immigration and the Work Force: Economics Consequences for the United States and Source Areas. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, September 1992.
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| Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent?
with Richard B. Freeman, Kevin Lang
in Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| Immigration and Self-Selection
in Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, John M. Abowd and Richard B. Freeman, editors
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| November 1990 | Immigration and the Family
with Stephen G. Bronars: w3509
Published: Borjas, George J & Bronars, Stephen G. "Immigration and the Family," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 9(2), pages 123-48, April 1991. citation courtesy of
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| August 1990 | Immigrant Participation in the Welfare System
with Stephen J. Trejo: w3423
Published: George J. Borjas & Stephen J. Trejo, 1991. "Immigrant Participation in the Welfare System," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 44(2), pages 195-211, January. citation courtesy of
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| June 1988 | Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment
with Stephen G. Bronars: w2627
Published: Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 581-605, (June 1989). citation courtesy of
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| April 1988 | Immigration And Self-Selection
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| May 1987 | Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants," American Economic Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 531-553, September 1987. citation courtesy of
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| September 1986 | Immigrants, Minorities, and Labor Market Competition
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Published: From Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 382-392,(April 1987). citation courtesy of
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| June 1986 | The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants
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Published: Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 21, no. 4 (1986): 485-506. citation courtesy of
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| 1986 | The Demographic Determinants of the Demand for Black Labor
in The Black Youth Employment Crisis, Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer, editors
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| June 1985 | The Sensitivity of Labor Demand Functions to Choice of Dependent Variable
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Published: Borjas, George. "The Sensitivity of Labor Demand Functions to Choice of Dependent Variable," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. LXVIII, No. 1, pp. 58-66, February 1986. citation courtesy of
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| December 1984 | The Impact of Assimilation on the Earnings of Immigrants: A Reexamination of the Evidence
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Published: Borjas, George J. "Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants." Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 3, No. 4, (October 1985( , pp. 463-489.
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| 1981 | Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis
with Ann P. Bartel
in Studies in Labor Markets, Sherwin Rosen, editor
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| November 1978 | Labor Supply Estimates For Public Policy Evaluation
with James J. Heckman: w0299
Published: Borjas, George and James Heckman. “Labor Supply Estimates for Public Policy Evaluation." Proceedings of The Industrial and Labor Relations Research Association, Chicago meetings, 1978.
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| October 1978 | Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis
with Ann P. Bartel: w0285
Published: Bartel, Ann P. and Borjas, George J. "Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis." Studies in Labor Markets, edited by Sherwin Rosen, pp. 65- 90. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
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| February 1978 | Job Mobility and Earnings Over the Life Cycle
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Published: George J. Borjas, 1981. "Job mobility and earnings over the life cycle," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 34(3), pages 365-376, April. citation courtesy of
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| 1977 | Middle-Age Job Mobility: Its Determinants and Consequences
with Ann P. Bartel: w0161
Published: Bartel, Ann and Borjas, George. "Middle-Age Job Mobility: Its Determinantsand Consequences." Men in the Pre-Retirement Years, edited by Seymour Wolfbein. Philadelphia, Temple University, 1977.
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| August 1976 | The Distribution of Earnings Profiles in Longitudinal Data
with Jacob Mincer: w0143
Published: Borjas, George J. and Mincer, Jacob. "The Distribution of Earnings Profilesin Longitudinal Data." Income Distribution and Economic Inequality, editedby Zvi Griliches. New York: Halsted Press, 1978.
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