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020			_a9781541797840 _q(paperback)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1370002312
092			_a331.6209 _bA161
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aAbramitzky, Ran, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStreets of gold : _bAmerica's untold story of immigrant success / _cRan Abramitzky [and] Leah Boustan.
250			_aFirst trade paperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a237 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-221) and index.
505	0		_a"I came with fifty cents and that's it!" : overturning America's immigration myths -- Fact-checking the past : converting millions of immigrant stories into data -- A brief history of immigration to America -- Climbing the ladder : the rags-to-riches myth -- Background is not destiny : children of immigrants rise -- Becoming American -- Does immigrant success harm the US born? -- A second grand bargain : the long view of immigration policy -- Immigration policy in America : a brief timeline.
520			_aThrough this authoritative account of both the historical record and newer findings, the authors help to shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as these: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from Great Britain and Norway 150 years ago. Children of immigrants do better economically than children of those born in the U.S.--a pattern that has held for more than a century. The children of immigrants from nearly every country, especially children of poor immigrants, are more upwardly mobile than the children of US-born residents. Immigrants in the twenty-first century, especially those from groups accused of lack of assimilation (such as Mexicans and those from predominately Muslim countries) actually assimilate fastest. Immigration changes the economy in unexpected positive ways and staves off the economic decline that is the consequence of an aging population. Closing the door to immigrants harms the economic prospects of the U.S. born, the people politicians are trying to protect. More, not less, immigration will spur the American economy. Severe restrictions on immigration reduce innovation by blocking entry to future scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs. Using powerful story-telling and unprecedented research employing big data and algorithms, the authors are like dedicated family genealogists--but millions of times over. They provide a new take on American history and demographics with surprising results, especially how comparable the "golden era" of immigration is to the twenty-first century, and why many contemporary policy proposals are so misguided. -- $c Adapted from publisher's description.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zUnited States _xEconomic conditions.
650		0	_aChildren of immigrants _zUnited States _xEconomic conditions.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xEconomic aspects. _9146748
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xGovernment policy. _964665
700	1		_aBoustan, Leah Platt, _eauthor.
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