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Beyond economic migration : social, historical, and political factors in US immigration /

"A collection of empirical studies, in which scholars critically examine economic migration and offer analyses of multisource and multimethod data from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering issues of U.S. immigration policy and visa system, labor market incorporation, employment precarity,...

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Group Author: Zhou, Min, 1956- (Editor); Mahmud, Hasan (Sociologist) (Editor)
Published: New York University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2023]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Foreign workers > United States.
Immigrants > United States.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Foreign workers.
Immigrants.
Social Conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
United States.
Summary: "A collection of empirical studies, in which scholars critically examine economic migration and offer analyses of multisource and multimethod data from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering issues of U.S. immigration policy and visa system, labor market incorporation, employment precarity, identity and belonging, and transnationalism pertaining to both high- and low-skilled migrants, female migrants, student migrants, and temporary foreign workers"--
Carrier Form: xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781479818532
1479818534
9781479818549
1479818542
Index Number: JV6471
CLC: D771.238-05
Call Number: D771.238-05/B573-1
Contents: Understanding economic migration to the United States: An introduction /
The Making of immigrant labor: inequality, digital capitalism, and racialized enforcement /
Evolving trends of Latin American immigration in the United States: Challenges for the integration of skilled immigrants /
East Asian immigration: Historical trends and contemporary issues in movement to the United States /
The US Visa system: Growing complexity and difference without legislative change /
Preferential hiring: US earnings of skilled temporary foreign workers /
Elusive permanent residency: Democratic deficit of skilled temporary foreign workers /
International students: Mobility and resettlement /
Highly skilled African immigrants: Fields of study, education-occupation matching, and earnings in the US labor market /
Highly skilled female Pakistani immigrants: Devalued credentials /
Transnationalism and gender among immigrants: Economic, political, and social challenges /
Remittances as transnationalism: The Case of Bangladeshi immigrants in Los Angeles /

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