Blaming Immigrants - Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement

Economist Neeraj Kaushal investigates the rising anxiety in host countries and tests common complaints against immigration. She finds that immigration, on balance, is beneficial. It is neither the volume nor pace of immigration, but the willingness of nations to accept, absorb, and manage new flows of immigration that is fueling disaffection.

KaushalNeeraj: Neeraj Kaushal (PhD, City University of New York) is a professor of social policy and Chair of the doctoral program at the Columbia School of Social Work, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. This would be her first book.Neeraj Kaushal is professor of social policy and chair of the doctoral program at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany.