Contributors

Introduction

DANIEL S. HAMERMESH

FRANK D. BEAN

PART I IMPLICATIONS FOR EARNINGS AND INCOME

1 The Impact of Immigration on Income Distribution Among Minorities

George E. Johnson

2 Do Blacks Gain or Lose from Immigration?

George J. Borjas

3 Immigration and the Quality of Jobs

Daniel S. Hamermesh

4 Unskilled Immigration and Changes in the Wage Distributions of Black, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic White Male Dropouts

Cordelia W. Reimers

5 An Investigation of the Effect of Immigration on the Labor-Market Outcomes of African Americans

Kristin F. Butcher

PART II ECONOMIC EFFECTS BEYOND THE LABOR MARKET

6 Does Immigration Hurt African American Self-Employment?

Robert W. Fairlie

Bruce D. Meyer

7 Immigration, Race, and Space

Jeffrey S. Zax

8 Educational Crowding Out: Do Immigrants Affect the Educational Attainment of American Minorities?

Julian R. Betts

9 Do Immigrants Crowd Disadvantaged American Natives Out of Higher Education?

Caroline M. Hoxby

10 Immigration and Crime Among Young Black Men: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Jeffrey T. Grogger

PART III IMPLICATIONS BEYOND THE LABOR MARKET

11 Immigration and Native Minority Workers: Is There Bad News After All?

Marta Tienda

12 What Does Labor Economics Contribute to Debates Over Immigration?

Richard B. Freeman

13 Reflections on the Effects of Immigrants on African Americans-and Vice Versa

Peter H. Schuck

14 Reflections on Family Issues in Immigration

Linda Datcher Loury

Index