Tables of Contents for America's Demographic Tapestry

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Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction: The Demographic Trajectory and Public Policy

James W. Hughes

Joseph J. Seneca

Part I The Baselines of Demographic Change and the Broad Policy Framework

America's Changing Demographic Tapestry

Martha Farnsworth Riche

Judith Waldrop

Family Policies and Demographic Realities

Peter A. Morrison

Part II Global Demographics: Ramifications

The Global Population Outlook

Charles F. Westoff

Population Growth: The Complicating Element

Jane S. De Lung

Part III People on the Move: Immigration and Migration

The Challenge of Illegal Immigration

Thomas J. Espenshade

Immigration and Demographic Balkanization: Toward One America or Two?

William H. Frey

Part IV Demographics, Income, and Economic Mobility

How Big Is the Income Dilemma?

101

Frank Levy

Upward Mobility in Space and Time: Lessons from Immigration

135

Dowell Myers

Part V The Great American Family Dilemma

Balancing Act: If You've Got the Money, Honey, I've Got the Time

161

Daphne Spain

American Family Decline: Public Policy Considerations

173

David Popenoe

Part VI America in Transition

Separate and Not Equal: America's Diversity Crisis

187

Edward Blakely

Baby Boom Retirement Crisis: Myth or Reality?

203

Richard C. Leone

About the Contributors

219

Index

223