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Streets of Gold
- America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Engelsk Paperback
Streets of Gold
- America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Engelsk Paperback

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Forbes, Best Business Books of 2022 Behavioral Scientist, Notable Books of 2022The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experience Immigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse—yet, in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. Using the tools of modern data analysis and ten years of pioneering research, new evidence is provided about the past and present of the American Dream, debunking myths fostered by political opportunism and sentimentalized in family histories, and draw counterintuitive conclusions, including:

  • Upward Mobility: Children of immigrants from nearly every country, especially those of poor immigrants, do better economically than children of U.S.-born residents – a pattern that has held for more than a century.
  • Rapid Assimilation: Immigrants accused of lack of assimilation (such as Mexicans today and the Irish in the past) actually assimilate fastest.
  • Improved Economy: Immigration changes the economy in unexpected positive ways and staves off the economic decline that is the consequence of an aging population.
  • Helps U.S. Born: Closing the door to immigrants harms the economic prospects of the U.S.-born—the people politicians are trying to protect.
Using powerful story-telling and unprecedented research employing big data and algorithms, Abramitzky and Boustan are like dedicated family genealogists but millions of times over. They provide a new take on American history with surprising results, especially how comparable the “golden era” of immigration is to today, and why many current policy proposals are so misguided.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781541797840
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1541797841
Udg. Dato:
26 okt 2023
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
210mm
Højde:
137mm
Forlag:
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Oplagsdato:
26 okt 2023
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