This volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labor markets in different countries, examines social and labor market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980s. It shows that subtle differences in unemployment compensation,...

1. Introduction: Background and Overview -- 2. What Caused the Decline in Immigrant Entry Earnings? -- 3. The Immigrant Human Capital Investment Model -- 4. Methodological Implications of a Human Capital Investment Perspective -- 5. The Earnings Growth of Asian versus European Immigrants -- 6....

In 1965, a family-reunification policy for admitting immigrants to the United States replaced a system that chose immigrants based on their national origin. With this change, a 40-year hiatus in Asian immigration ended. Today, over three-quarters of US immigrants originate from Asia and Latin...