Borjas, George J(esus)

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BORJAS, George J(esus)

BORJAS, George J(esus). American (born Cuba), b. 1950. Genres: Economics, Money/Finance. Career: National Bureau of Economic Research, senior research analyst, 1972-78; Queens College, City University of New York, assistant professor of economics, 1975-77; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, post-doctoral fellow, 1977-78; University of California at Santa Barbara, assistant professor of economics, 1978-80, associate professor, 1980-82, professor, 1982-90; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, research associate, 1983-; Harvard University, visiting scholar, 1988-89; University of California at San Diego, professor of economics, 1990-95; Harvard University, professor of public policy, 1995-97, Pforzheimer Professor of Public Policy, 1998-. Publications: Union Control of Pension Funds: Will the North Rise Again?, 1979; Wage Policy in the Federal Bureaucracy, 1980; The Sensitivity of Labor Demand Functions to Choice of Dependent Variable, 1985; (with M. Tienda) The Economic Consequences of Immigration, 1986; International Differences in the Labor Market Performance of Immigrants, W. 1988; Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy, 1990; Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy, 1999; Economic Research on the Determinants of Immigration: Lessons for the European Union, 1999. EDITOR: (with M. Tienda) Hispanics in the U.S. Economy, 1985; (with R.B. Freeman) Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, 1992; Labor Economics, 1996; Issues in the Economics of Immigration, 2000. Contributor to books, professional publications and journals. Address: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]