educational attainment, 241-248, 312, 355-358

employment, 206-208

and expenditures attributable to immigrant labor, 234-235

and federal benefits, 311-312, 315

and fertility rates, 58, 85, 96, 102, 103, 110

and fiscal impacts, 10, 11, 54, 55, 106, 108, 110, 290-291, 293, 303-304, 323-325, 353

gender composition, 100, 198-204, 205-208, 241-250

heads of households, 272-273

households, 272-273

labor impacts, 54, 77

longitudinal, 323-325

and marital status, 57

median, 101-103

mortality rates, 96

net present value and, 327-336, 342-343

patterns, 54-55

projected, 3-4, 101-110, 122-123

and public assistance, 305 n.5, 309-314, 315

race/ethnicity and, 113-114

school-age, 77, 94, 103-104

social impacts, 77, 306 n.5

and taxes, 305 n.5, 308, 314-316, 349-352

time since arrival, 302

and wages, 198-204, 241-250

working age, 77, 105, 110

young adults, 94, 104-105, 291

Agriculture, work force, 27, 29, 52, 149

Ahmed, Bashir, 40

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 10, 30, 272-273, 278, 306 n.5, 307, 308 n.9, 309, 311, 313, 339, 352

Aleuts, 80 n.3

Alien and Sedition Act of 1798, 14

Aliens of exceptional ability, 42-43

Amerasians, 41, 42, 44, 46

American Indians, 80 n.3, 114, 366

Amnesty. See Illegal immigrants/ immigration

Anaheim, 61

Ancestry, 85, 90-92, 118-122, 123

Anti-Terrorism Act of 1996, 29-30

Arizona, 254

Arts, contributions of immigrants to, 385

Asia, 79.

See also specific country

Asian immigrants. See also specific country

attitudes about, 392

citizenship, 26 n.6, 30, 382

educational attainment, 12, 186, 187, 189, 366

emigration from U.S., 40

English proficiency, 376

exclusion, 23-25, 26

fiscal burden of, 275, 280, 282, 288, 322

gender profiles, 186-187, 189, 191

household characteristics, 271-273, 275, 277, 278, 283, 290-291, 293

integration, 367-368

intermarriage, 370-371

occupational attainment, 366

quotas, 27

segregation indices, 367

skills, 28

volume, 28, 32, 36, 37, 38

wages, 186, 187, 189, 191, 202, 236

waiting lists, 46

Asian population, U.S.

ancestry, 85, 90-92, 119, 120-122

attitudes toward immigration, 392 n.23, 396

defined, 80

exogamy, 90-92, 115-116, 117, 122, 132

fertility, 85-87, 115

intermarriage rates, 91, 113, 132

mortality, 88, 131

population growth and size, 4, 114-115, 117, 121, 122

racial/ethnic attribution, 93, 115-116, 117, 118, 123, 133

size, 114-115

Assimilation of immigrants. See also Exogamy;

Generational perspectives;

Intermarriage

citizenship and, 382

economic, 164, 181-182, 196-205

Front Matter (R1-R14)

Summary (1-13)

1 The Immigration Debate (14-19)

2 Background to Contemporary U.S. Immigration (20-75)

3 The Face of the U.S. Population in 2050 (76-134)

4 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: First Principles (135-172)

5 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence (173-253)

6 Do Immigrants Impose a Net Fiscal Burden? Annual Estimates (254-296)

7 The Future Fiscal Impacts of Current Immigrants (297-362)

8 The Social Dimensions of Immigration (363-406)

Biographical Sketches (407-412)

Index (413-434)