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I. The rise of migration
„« About 140 million persons - roughly 2 percent of the world's population - live in a country where they were not born.
„« Immigrants tend to increase foreign-born population. Nearly 6 percent of Austria's population, 17 percent of Canada's, 11 percent of France's, and 17 percent of Switzerland's is foreign-born.
„« The number of immigrants in the United States increased from 10 million to 26 million between 1970 and 1998.
„« The most important lesson is that the economic impact of immigration will vary by time and place, and that immigration can be either beneficial or harmful.

II. Trends in Immigrant Skills
„« Economic theory implies that the labor market impact of immigration depends on how the skills of immigrants compare with those of native-born citizens in the host country.
„« In 1960, the average immigrant man living in the United States earned about 4 percent more than the average native-born man. By 1998, the average immigrant earned......

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