James P. Smith

The Immigration Debate, a companion volume to The New Americans, augments its analysis of the economic gains and losses from immigration - for the nation, states, and local areasadding to the scientific foundation it provides for public discussion and policy making. It includes nine original and synthesis papers with detailed data and analysis that support and extend the work in the first book and point the way for future work. The Immigration Debate includes case studies of the fiscal effects of immigration in New Jersey and California, studies of the impact of immigration on population redistribution and on crime in the United States, and much more.

"Wealth, Work, and Health takes as its inspiration the illustrious career of F. Thomas Juster, former director of the institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, who devoted forty years to the question of how to measure behavior by asking people questions about the objective and subjective circumstances of their lives."--BOOK JACKET. "Essays in the volume address advances in measurement as well as disciplinary attitudes toward various forms of measurement - for example, the resistance of economics to qualitative measurements. Specific topics include measurement of expenditures and wealth; lifetime earnings, saving choices, and wealth at retirement; inheritances and bequests; the impact of education and heart attack on smoking cessation among older adults; and intergenerational transfers. Crossing many disciplinary lines, this volume should be of interest to economists, especially those interested in health, as well as sociologists and demographers."--BOOK JACKET.