The Influence of Social Programs in Source Countries on Various Classes of U.S. Immigration
来源国社会保障项目与不同类别美国移民
This article uses a unique set of pooled cross-sectional and time series data to examine the annual rate of U.S. immigration during 1972–1991 from 60 source countries. One distinguishing feature of the article is that it breaks out and cross-classifies various classes of immigrants—numerically limited versus numerically exempt and new immigrant versus adjustment of status. A second distinguishing feature is that it utilizes a unique vector of variables relating to the…