At the Crossroads Mexico and U.S. Immigration Policy

by Bean, Frank D.; de la Garza, Rodolfo O.; Roberts, Bryan R.; Weintraub, Sidney; Baker, Susan Gonzales; Belanger, Maryann; Carter, Marion; Cushing, Robert G.; Escobar Latapi, Augustin; Espenshade, Thomas J.; Freeman, Gary P.; Gelbard, Alene H.; Haynes, Char

• ISBN13: 9780847683925
• ISBN10: 0847683923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This volume draws together original essays by distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines and both sides of the border to examine current impetuses to migration and policy options for Mexico and the U.S.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(20)
Frank D. Bean
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Bryan R. Roberts
Sidney Weintraub
Mexico and U.S. Worldwide Immigration Policy	21	(26)
Gary P. Freeman
Frank D. Bean
Mexican Social and Economic Policy and Emigration	47	(32)
Bryan R. Roberts
Agustin Escobar Latapi
Do Mexican Agricultural Policies Stimulate Emigration?	79	(38)
Philip Martin
Mexican Immigration and the U.S. Population	117	(28)
Alene H. Gelbard
Marion Carter
Fiscal Impacts of Mexican Migration to the United States	145	(32)
Susan Gonzalez Baker
Robert G. Cushing
Charles W. Haynes
Labor Market Implications of Mexican Migration: Economies of Scale, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship	177	(24)
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Marta Tienda
Policy, Politics, and Emigration: Reexamining the Mexican Experience	201	(26)
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Gabriel Szekely
U.S. Public Perceptions and Reactions to Mexican Migration	227	(36)
Thomas J. Espenshade
Maryann Belanger
NAFTA and Mexican Migration	263	(20)
Peter H. Smith
U.S. Foreign Policy and Mexican Immigration	283	(16)
Sidney Weintraub
Conclusion	299	(10)
Frank D. Bean
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Bryan R. Roberts
Sidney Weintraub
Index	309	(10)
About the Contributors	319