Immigration News Blog
Compiled by Janice Kimball and the staff of the IRLE Library
Friday, October 29, 2010
Immigrants gaining jobs, native-born Americans aren't
Immigrants gaining jobs, native-born Americans aren't
Since the recession's end in June 2009, legal and illegal immigrants posted a net gain of 656000 jobs, while native-born Americans lost 1.2 million,...
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 1:59 PM
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
CIS Analysis of Immigration’s Impact on Youth Employment Omits Key Facts
CIS Analysis of Immigration’s Impact on Youth Employment Omits Key Facts
A new paper by researchers at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) claims that immigration accounts for a significant share of the decline in teen labor force participation. A startling omission from the analysis in their paper “A Drought of Summer Jobs” is the fact that school enrollment for this group has dramatically increased, even in the summer. This increase more than makes up for the decline in teen employment.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 11:00 AM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
How the Recession’s Affecting Immigration
How the Recession’s Affecting Immigration
With U.S. unemployment at a 26-year high Americans will be feeling the economic downturn for some time. Jill Wilson and Audrey Singer identify the major shifts in U.S. immigration trends that have been impacted by the economic recession.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 1:57 PM
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate
Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate
L.A. County officials question cost-effectiveness of rules aimed at screening those trying to get public health services. Los Angeles County health worker Leonardo Rincon lifts the birth certificate up to the light and expertly scrutinizes it. Do faint watermarks show up? Yes. He rubs his thumb over the official seal to see if it is raised. It is. He checks the number of digits in the document number.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 10:04 AM
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home
Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home
Japan’s offer, extended to hundreds of thousands of blue-collar Latin American immigrants, is part of a new drive to encourage them to leave this recession-racked country. So far, at least 100 workers and their families have agreed to leave, Japanese officials said.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 3:39 PM
Monday, March 30, 2009
An Economic Model and Software to Estimate the Profits Resulting from the Employment of Illegal Aliens
An Economic Model and Software to Estimate the Profits Resulting from the Employment of Illegal Aliens
Federal law provides for forfeiture of the proceeds from the employment of illegal aliens, but statutory law does not specify how to calculate that amount. This report presents tools that can help determine the appropriate penalty to be levied on firms that knowingly employ undocumented workers.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 11:27 AM
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Economic woes slow US migration to Sun Belt region
Economic woes slow US migration to Sun Belt region
AP - Strapped by the nation's economic crisis, fewer Americans are migrating to Sun Belt hot spots in Nevada, Arizona and Florida, instead staying put for now in traditional big cities.
# posted by Janice's Labor, Work, Economics News Blog @ 12:49 PM
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