title: The effect of immigrants on natives' incomes through the use of capital.
abstract: "This paper deals with questions about the effects of immigrants on three types of capital:  the private capital immigrants work with, the public (government) capital that immigrant workers use, and the public capital used for services by immigrants."  The geographic focus is on the United States.  The authors conclude that although the average cost to natives in 1975 dollars to provide services for immigrants is 4,172 dollars, this amount "is considerably smaller than the benefits of immigrants to natives through their relatively low use of welfare services and their relatively high contribution of taxes."  Comments by Jacob Mincer (pp. 95-7) are included.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Income; International Migration--cost; Migration--cost; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Social Welfare--cost; Socioeconomic Factors; United States