Statistics on U.S. Immigration An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research (1996) / Chapter Skim
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4 Labor Force Issues
4 Labor Force Issues
Pages 40-45
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Labor markets have changed considerably in recent decades, presenting a changing context for recent immigrants. Metropolitan labor markets are now a prominent feature for immigrants, yet we lack a clear idea of the edges of urban labor markets and how metropolitan labor markets work.
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Empirical research with cross-sectional data suggests that the wage gap between immigrants and natives is most pronounced for immigrants whose culture and language are most dissimilar to the United States. The wage gap between immigrants and natives is smaller for immigrants from Canada and the United Kingdom, for example, for whom the initial differences are smaller.
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Second, Hispanic immigrants experienced wage decreases during the period. Wage trends for immigrants can be affected by immigrants who have left the United States; in the analysis of male Hispanic workers, educational attainment was rising for the immigrant cohorts, so perhaps the poorly educated left.
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Electronics, a critical sector in these global trends, has been characterized as an industry shaped by advanced technology and giving rise to professional and highly skilled jobs that require a well-trained labor force. A close examination of the electronics industry in New York and southern California reported at the workshop suggests that the majority of jobs in this area require low levels of skill.
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The electronics industry reflects the growing polarization of the labor market in the United States, with the creation of some professional and highly skilled jobs at the top end and large numbers of unskilled jobs at the bottom end. Along with garment workers, electronics workers are paid the lowest wages of industrial workers in the United States.
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economic conditions; in recent years, the United States experienced high immigration (compared with the percentage of the labor force in prior years, although a substantial portion of immigration in the 1980s was a result of the legalization of previously illegal immigrants) during a period of weak job creation.
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