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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
1 The Demography of Immigration
Types of immigration
The demography of immigration
Immigrants and anti-immigrants
Immigrant assimilation and adaptation
2 Assimilation, Adaptation, and Integration
The impact of reception context on immigrant integration
Immigrants as a threat to national identity
3 Immigrants in the Economy
Immigrants in the labor market
Immigration and wage suppression
Labor market displacement and expansion
Labor market assimilation
The informal and secondary labor markets
Entrepreneurship, ethnic economies, and enclaves
4 Immigration and the Environment
The environmental impact of immigrants
Is immigration really harmful to the environment?
Immigrants, in-migrants, and children
Immigration in global perspective
5 The Fertility of Immigrants
Fertility norms
The disruption hypothesis
The selection hypothesis
The interrelation of events hypothesis
The adaptation and assimilation hypotheses
The socialization hypothesis
The legitimacy hypothesis
Immigration and fertility
6 Replacement Migration to Offset Population Aging
Social problems associated with population aging
Can immigration offset population aging?
7 Immigrant Health
Immigrant use of health care
The immigrant health paradox
Salmon bias
The healthy migrant hypothesis
Health transitions
Immigrant diversity and health
8 Educating Children in Immigrant Families
Education and later-life outcomes
Educational attainment
Race and the achievement gap
Immigrants, teachers, and schools
9 Conclusions
Current controversies and directions for future research
References
Index
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