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Peer reviewedSassen-Koob, Saskia – Social Problems, 1981
Analyzes the consolidation of the world economic system as a condition for the emergence of migration as a labor system. Discusses effects of the growing presence of immigrant labor in the tertiary sector of all core countries. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Industrialization
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1985
Most early research on the impact of undocumented workers on the labor market held that it results in the widespread displacement of native workers. More recent and more sophisticated theory argues that immigrants, both legal and illegal, create jobs by consuming goods and services, and by starting new businesses. This latter idea may not be as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Research, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants
