David M. Heer

Undocumented Mexicans in the USA

Herausgeber: Campbell, Ernest Q.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1999 book analyzes the results of a survey conducted in Los Angeles County, where an estimated 44 percent of the undocumented Mexican population lived.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780521382472
• ISBN-10: 0521382475
• Artikelnr.: 22186554

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Mexican immigration to the United States: determinants and trends
3. Undocumented Mexican immigrants: numbers, geographic distribution, and social consequences
4. Alternative ways of surveying the undocumented and some results
5. How the Los Angeles County parents data were obtained
6. The validity of data on legal status
7. A comparison of the social characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and US natives of Mexican origin
8. A comparison of the economic characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and US natives of Mexican origin
9. Characteristics of one individual compared to characteristics of another family member
10. A multivariate analysis of the impact of legal status on the hourly wage, hours worked per year, and annual earnings
11. Policy options and their likely consequences
Notes
Index.