the title means by "clear thinking." Chapters 2 through 6 are devoted to detailed analyses of five hard issues: poverty …, immigration, campaign finance, affirmative action, and religious exemptions from secular rules after the Hobby Lobby and … measurement questions (as in the case of poverty), it then elaborates the competing norms invoked by different groups and …

economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not as labor market outcomes but as relative poverty. This study examines the … relationship between welfare generosity and immigrant poverty across rich western democracies and compares this relationship with … that of native poverty. One publicly held belief is that immigrants disproportionately benefit from welfare generosity …

We explore the impact of authorization on the poverty exposure of households headed by undocumented immigrants. The … the likelihood of life in poverty of households headed by eligible individuals by 38 percent, hinting at the gains from …

immigrants from different countries and arriving under different immigration policy regimes vary in their probability of over …-qualification. The results suggest that both country of origin (sending factor) and immigration policy (selecting factor) matter and that …

In this paper I share my thoughts on immigration policy. As a social scientist it is appropriate to assess the … consequences, the costs and benefits, of alternative immigration policies. The policies that a country adopts regarding immigration … research. What follows is a non-technical discussion of what I see as some of the key issues regarding immigration policies …

model of skilled immigration policy. Our estimates suggest unambiguously smaller beneficial impacts of increasing the …

This paper analyzes what the author views as the current top ten myths and fallacies regarding immigration and … immigration policy in the United States. …

It is widely believed that the current recession has soured public attitudes towards immigration. But most existing … studies are cross sectional and can shed little light on the economy-wide forces that shift public opinion on immigration. In … immigration opinion for 20 countries. The recession that began in 2008 provides a useful test because its severity varied so …