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The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration (1997)
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. "5 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence." The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997.

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TABLE 5.1 Per Capita Gross Domestic Product Measures, for Selected Countries, 1992

Region and Country

GDP Per Capita Relative to U.S.

GDP Per Capita

Europe

Austria

73.2

16,989

Czechoslovakia

23.2

5,066

France

78.5

18,232

Germany

87.0

20,197

Greece

39.0

8,203

Hungary

24.9

5,780

Italy

72.0

16,724

Poland

21.1

4,907

Portugal

41.3

9,005

U.S.S.R.

41.9

8,780

United Kingdom

70.2

16,302

Yugoslavia

25.0

5,467

Asia

Cambodia

NA

NA

China

7.9

1,838

India

7.0

1,633

Iran

17.9

4,161

Japan

85.8

19,920

Korea

42.1

9,358

Laos

7.7

1,710

Lebanon

NA

NA

Philippines

9.4

2,172

Taiwan

45.1

9,850

Vietnam

NA

NA

North and South America

Argentina

25.3

5,532

Canada

90.3

20,970

Colombia

18.3

4,254

Cuba

NA

NA

Dominican Republic

12.6

2,918

Ecuador

14.7

3,420

Guatemala

12.4

2,888

Haiti

4.6

957

Jamaica

13.4

2,978

Mexico

33.9

7,867

Nicaragua

6.6

1,441

Panama

17.7

4,102

Peru

11.3

2,602

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