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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Myers, Dowell. Immigrants and boomers. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2007 (OCoLC)608375691 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dowell Myers |
| ISBN: | 9780871546364 0871546361 |
| OCLC Number: | 72798932 |
| Description: | xviii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | About the author -- Preface and acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Immigration and the great transition -- ch. 2. Knowing and making the future -- ch .3. Demographic transition in California and the United States -- ch. 4. A dismal future? : the outlook in the early transition period -- ch. 5. California turnaround : a renewed basis for optimism -- ch. 6. Immigrant upward mobility : support for a more hopeful future -- pt. 2. Self-interest and governance -- ch. 7. The political lag during the demographic transition -- ch. 8. An evolving social contract with many strands -- ch. 9. Rediscovering the intergenerational social contract for the twenty-first century -- pt. 3. Mutual self-interest for a hopeful future -- ch. 10. Growing the new skilled workforce and middle-class taxpayer base -- ch .11. Sharing the American dream : the linked interests of older home sellers and younger home buyers -- pt. 4. A shared destiny and a new social contract -- ch. 12. Conclusion : steps toward building a more hopeful future -- Appendix A : Supplementary analysis of the economic turnaround -- Appendix B : Supplementary analysis of voter's opinions -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Dowell Myers. |
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Abstract:
"Many Americans regard the massive influx of immigrants over the past thirty years with great anxiety, fearing new burdens and unwanted changes to the nation's ethnic, social, and economic identity. Virtually unnoticed in the contentious national debate over immigration is the even more significant demographic change about to occur as the first wave of the baby boom generation retires, slowly draining the workforce and straining the federal budget to the breaking point. In this book, Immigrants and Boomers, demographer Dowell Myers proposes a new way of thinking about these issues and argues that each of these two powerful demographic shifts may hold the keys to resolving the problems presented by the other."--BOOK JACKET.
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- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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- Demographic transition -- Economic aspects -- United States.
- United States -- Population -- Economic aspects.
- Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- United States.
- Immigranten.
- Economische situatie.
- Sociale situatie.
- Etnische betrekkingen.
- Toekomst.
- Californië.
- Immigrants -- Politique gouvernementale -- États-Unis.
- Transition démographique -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.
- Répartition par âge (Démographie) -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.
- États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect économique.
- États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect social.
- États-Unis -- Population -- Aspect économique.
- Einwanderung.
- Bevölkerungsentwicklung.
- Altersstruktur.
- USA.
- Einwanderungspolitik.
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