Immigration in a Changing Economy

California’s Experience

Kevin F. McCarthy, Georges Vernez

ResearchPublished 1997

The current national debate on immigration policy is especially intense in California, home to one-third of the country’s immigrants. Much of this debate consists of advocates stating their views without the benefit of a nonpartisan assessment of the issue and the challenges it poses for the state. Our study provides such an assessment by examining how immigration has interacted with other demographic and economic trends in California since the 1960s. This three-year study, the first to take a 30-year perspective, profiles the changing character of recent immigrants and considers their contribution to the economy, their effects on other workers and the public sector, and their educational and economic success. Its findings can provide lessons for other states, the nation, and even other countries.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1997
  • Pages: 356
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: MR-854-OSD/CBR/FF/WFHF/IF/AMF

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McCarthy, Kevin F. and Georges Vernez, Immigration in a Changing Economy: California’s Experience. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1997. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR854.html.
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