The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration

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Table of Contents
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

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TABLE 8.A1 Probit Estimates of the Likelihood that Respondents Want Immigration Decreased from Its Current Level, 1995 Gallup Poll

Explanatory Variables	National	High Immigration States^a	California
Age
30-39	-.059	-.091	-.271^*
	(.033)	(.059)	(.116)
40-49	-.072^*	.001	-.219
	(.035)	(.059)	(.119)
50-59	-.022	-.019	-.086
	(.040)	(.068)	(.131)
60 and older	-.007	.037	-.113
	(.040)	(.073)	(.148)
Education
High school graduate	.037	-.124	-.224
	(.040)	(.078)	(.162)
Some college	-.046	-.216^**	-.389^*
	(.041)	(.078)	(.164)
College graduate	-.043	-.292^**	-.472^*
	(.051)	(.098)	(.186)
Graduate school	-.229^**	-.399^**	-.503^**
	(.054)	(.095)	(.189)
Regions
East	-.012
	(.047)
South	.073
	(.041)
Midwest	.011
	(.049)
Income
$10,000-20,000	-.012	-.089	-.273
	(.045)	(.089)	(.181)
$20,000-30,000	-.001	-.059	-.220
	(.045)	(.082)	(.167)

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