How do immigrants fare in the U.S. labor market?
Data from the Current Population Survey of November 1989 show that recent immigrants to the United States have higher unemployment rates and lower weekly earnings than do earlier immigrants and U.S. natives. These discrepancies stem partly from differing levels of educational attainment and fluency...
| Publicado en: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 115; pp. 3 - 20 |
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US Department of Labor
December 1992
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