TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Duleep, Harriet
        TI  - U.S. Immigration Policy at a Crossroads
        PY  - 2013/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7136
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7136
        AB  - Two issues have taken center stage in the recent debates about U.S. immigration policy: one, illegal immigration and more generally the entrance of poorly educated individuals into the U.S. economy and two, whether the U.S. should continue its family-based admissions system or move towards a skills-based system. This paper analyzes these issues culling evidence from the history of U.S. immigration policy, the experiences of different types of U.S. immigrants, and cross-national comparisons.
        KW  - opportunity cost
KW  - skill transferability
KW  - human capital investment
KW  - entrepreneurship
KW  - effect on poorly educated natives
KW  - illegal immigration
KW  - immigration
KW  - learning transferability
KW  - family-based admissions
KW  - permanence
        ER  -