Sponsors, Sponsorship Rates and the Immigration Multiplier.

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark R.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Sponsors, Sponsorship Rates and the Immigration Multiplier.

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark R.

International Migration Review, v23 n4 p856-88 Win 1989

Reviews evidence of the extent to which U.S. immigrants utilize the family reunification entitlements of immigration laws. Examines two studies of the immigrant cohort: Jasso and Rosenzweig (1986) and the General Accounting Office report (1988). Provides estimates of the characteristics of U.S. citizen sponsors of immigrant spouses and parents. (JS)

Descriptors: Demography, Family Characteristics, Family Size, Foreign Policy, Futures (of Society), Immigrants, Migration Patterns, Parents, Spouses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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