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100	1		_aAbramitzky, Ran _eauthor. _948001
245	1	0	_aStreets of gold : _bAmerica's untold story of immigrant success / _cRan Abramitzky ; Leah Boustan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _c2022.
300			_axi, 237 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a"I came here with 50 cents. 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 -- The summary timeline of American immigration.
520			_a"Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: ·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 today, especially those from groups accused of lack of assimilation (such as Mexicans and those from 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 reduces innovation by blocking entry to future scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs. Using powerful story-telling and unprecedented research employing big data and algorithms, Abramitzky and Boustan are like dedicated family genealogists but millions of times over. They provide a new take on American history with surprising results, especially how comparable the "golden era" of immigration is to today, and why many current policy proposals are so misguided"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xGovernment policy.
700	1		_aBoustan, Leah Platt _eauthor. _948002
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