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Download full textArthur, W. Brian; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1987
If U.S. birthrates remain below the replacement level and are relatively constant, and if immigration is constant both in total numbers and age-sex composition, population size will eventually become stationary, according to this policy discussion paper. Moverover, varying the constant annual number of immigrants produces an equal proportionate…
Descriptors: Age, Birth Rate, Immigrants, Population Growth
Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
This report aims to improve the quality of the policy-making process by using a broad distribution of research findings on the consequences of immigration to California. All major immigrant groups to California are included. Using the information collected, this report discusses economic and fiscal issues associated with immigration, character and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Birth Rate, Demography, Foreign Nationals
Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
The low fertility of Western industrial nations is likely to become a permanent condition; in the absence of immigration, populations with below-replacement fertility will eventually decline in size. But at the same time fertility is declining, international migration to the West is accelerating. Legal immigration to the United States rose from…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Demography, Foreign Countries
Espenshade, Thomas J.; And Others – 1988
Immigration to the United States has fluctuated considerably over the course of the nation's history and has elicited various policy responses at different times. In recent years, concern about undocumented, illegal immigration has given rise to efforts to reform immigration law. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 was intended…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employers, Federal Legislation, Foreign Nationals
Goodis, Tracy Ann; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
In 1980, 25% of the 14 million foreign-born persons in the United States were in California; 1.7 million of these were in Los Angeles County. Half of the 2.1 million undocumented immigrants counted in the 1980 United States Census lived in California, and about 75% of these were of Mexican origin. Results of a 1983 Urban Institute poll revealed…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Nationals
Peer reviewedEspenshade, Thomas J. – Population Bulletin, 1977
This review of recent research on the actual and perceived benefits and costs of children to their parents discusses the significance of such information to population policy makers and to parents. Conducted in developing countries (in Southeast Asia) and in the United States (with data primarily from Hawaii), the research demonstrates that the…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Rearing, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
