So, in the 90's immigrants took nearly 50% of the new jobs but now, even though immigration has increased, they are taking 28% of the new jobs. Interesting.
IMMIGRANTS does not mean only "illegal aliens." It's all immigrants.
The underlying data used in the report do not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/02/20/in_the_job_market_some_win_some_lose/In the 1990s, immigrants captured close to 50 percent of the job growth in the United States A majority of the new workers are men and nearly all are young -- a plus for the Social Security system, which ...Lawrence Katz, an economics professor at Harvard, says the weak labor market of the past four years exaggerates the impact of immigration The second is that the market for labor, like the market for commodities and money, is truly global. Americans are competing with workers in China and India through outsourcing ...
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore