Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Daniel S. Hamermesh and Frank D. Bean -- Pt. I. Implications for Earnings and Income. 1. The Impact of Immigration on Income Distribution Among Minorities / George E. Johnson. 2. Do Blacks Gain or Lose from Immigration? / George J. Borjas. 3. Immigration and the Quality of Jobs / Daniel S. Hamermesh. 4. Unskilled Immigration and Changes in the Wage Distributions of Black, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic White Male Dropouts / Cordelia W. Reimers. 5. An Investigation of the Effect of Immigration on the Labor-Market Outcomes of African Americans / Kristin F. Butcher -- Pt. II. Economic Effects Beyond the Labor Market. 6. Does Immigration Hurt African American Self-Employment? / Robert W. Fairlie and Bruce D. Meyer. 7. Immigration, Race, and Space / Jeffrey S. Zax. 8. Educational Crowding Out: Do Immigrants Affect the Educational Attainment of American Minorities? / Julian R. Betts. 9. Do Immigrants Crowd Disadvantaged American Natives Out of Higher Education? / Caroline M. Hoxby. 10. Immigration and Crime Among Young Black Men: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth / Jeffrey T. Grogger -- Pt. III. Implications beyond the Labor Market. 11. Immigration and Native Minority Workers: Is There Bad News After All? / Marta Tienda. 12. What Does Labor Economics Contribute to Debates Over Immigration? / Richard B. Freeman. 13. Reflections on the Effects of Immigrants on African Americans - and Vice Versa / Peter H. Schuck. 14. Reflections on Family Issues in Immigration / Linda Datcher Loury.