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Employment & the Economy

Employment & the Economy

Competitiveness
Recession & Employment
Fiscal Impacts
Labor Market Impacts
Recruitment
Sectoral Employment
Skills
Temporary Workers
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As workers and consumers, immigrants play a role in the labor markets and economies of the countries in which they settle. The research collected here examines how immigrants fare in the labor market, whether they are affected differently than native-born workers during cycles of boom and bust, the role of migration policymaking as a lever of competitiveness, employment of the foreign born by sector and skill, and the fiscal impacts of immigration. MPI's research also assesses the role of temporary workers and the labor recruitment process.

Recent Activity

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Fact Sheets
January 2004
The Foreign Born in the U.S. Labor Force: Numbers and Trends
By  Elizabeth Grieco
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Reports
January 2004
NAFTA's Promise and Reality: Lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou, John J. Audley, Sandra Polaski and Scott Vaughan
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Fact Sheets
January 2004
What Kind of Work Do Immigrants Do? Occupation and Industry of Foreign-Born Workers in the United States
By  Elizabeth Grieco
Articles
December 1, 2003
Poverty Grows Among Children of Immigrants in U.S.
By Jennifer van Hook
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Fact Sheets
November 2003
U.S.-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration
By  Deborah W. Meyers and Maia Jachimowicz
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Fact Sheets
April 2002
A Grand Bargain: Balancing the National Security, Economic, and Immigration Interests of the U.S. and Mexico
By  Demetrios G. Papademetriou

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Recent Activity

Reports
January 2004

NAFTA's Promise and Reality: Lessons from Mexico for the Hemisphere

During the 1990s, NAFTA was promoted by both U.S. and Mexican officials as a means to spur economic growth and job creation in Mexico and thereby reduce the number of unauthorized migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico each year. This report takes a critical look at NAFTA’s impact on regulating migration from Mexico to the United States.

Fact Sheets
January 2004

The Foreign Born in the U.S. Labor Force: Numbers and Trends

This report examines foreign-born participation in the United States’ labor market. It provides information and charts relating to the number and share of immigrant workers in the total civilian labor force and their employment rates.

Fact Sheets
January 2004

What Kind of Work Do Immigrants Do? Occupation and Industry of Foreign-Born Workers in the United States

This report examines the characteristics of foreign-born workers in the United States based on the 2002 Current Population Survey. Findings relate to foreign-born workers age 16 and over participating in the civilian labor force.

Articles
December 1, 2003

Poverty Grows Among Children of Immigrants in U.S.

Jennifer Van Hook of Bowling Green State University examines the increase in poverty among the children of immigrants in the United States.
Fact Sheets
November 2003

U.S.-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration

Canada and Mexico’s importance to the United States is more than simply a border-state phenomenon. The trading relationship between United States and Canada represents the largest bilateral flow of income, goods, and services in the world. Meanwhile, Mexico is the United States’ second largest trading partner.

Fact Sheets
April 2002

A Grand Bargain: Balancing the National Security, Economic, and Immigration Interests of the U.S. and Mexico

This policy paper calls for a "Grand Bargain" between the United States and Mexico to address the areas of immigration and national security. Such a bargain would address the conflicting realities of the U.S.-Mexico relationship. The bargain would be composed of three completely integrated programs and two additional areas that need to be adressed.

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