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Intellectual Property, the Immigration Backlog and a Reverse Brain-Drain: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part III

Report Author: 
Vivek Wadhwa, Guillermina Jasso, Ben Rissing, Gary Gereffi and Richard B. Freeman
Original Date of Publication: 
2007 Aug

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America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Part I

Report Author: 
Vivek Wadhwa, AnnaLee Saxenian, Ben Rissing and Gary Gereffi
Original Date of Publication: 
2007 Jan

This research assesses the contribution of skilled immigrants in the creation of engineering and technology businesses and intellectual property in the United States. The authors found there was at least one immigrant key founder in 25.3 percent of all engineering and technology companies established in the U.S. between 1995 and 2005 inclusive. The authors estimate that, together, this pool of immigrant-founded companies was responsible for generating more than $52 billion in 2005 sales and creating just under 450,000 jobs as of 2005.

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E-Verify Resource Page

Report Author: 
Immigration Policy Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 Jan

E-Verify Resource Page (click to view)

Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States

Report Author: 
Jeanne Batalova and Michael Fix with Peter A. Creticos
Original Date of Publication: 
2008 Oct

More than 1.3 million college-educated immigrants in the United States are unemployed or working in unskilled jobs because they are unable to make full use of their academic and professional credentials, MPI reports in the first assessment yet of the scope of the "brain waste" problem.

This report analyzes and offers possible solutions for the credentialing and language-barrier hurdles that deprive the US economy of a rich source of human capital at a time of increasing competition globally for skilled talent. 

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Immigrants and the Current Economic Crisis

Report Author: 
Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Aaron Terrazas
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Jan

As the nation sinks into a recession that may be the worst since the Great Depression, the economic crisis raises fundamental questions about future immigration flows to and from the United States and how current and prospective immigrants will fare.

This report, a research product of MPI's new Labor Markets Initiative, examines how the number of immigrants has changed since the recession began; how legal and illegal immigration flows may change; and how immigrants fare in the labor market during downturns.

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Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy

Report Author: 
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Doris Meissner, Marc R. Rosenblum and Madeleine Sumption
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 May

The U.S. immigration system neither meets labor market needs efficiently nor minds the interests of U.S. workers with particular success. It has yet to devise a way that uses immigration to promote U.S. economic growth and competitiveness well.  

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Aligning Temporary Immigration Visas with US Labor Market Needs: The Case for Provisional Visas

Report Author: 
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Doris Meissner, Marc R. Rosenblum and Madeleine Sumption
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Jul

 

Reform of a rigid employment-based visa system that is out of sync with the needs of employers, the U.S. economy, U.S. society and immigrants must all be part of effective comprehensive immigration reform legislation.

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Tied to the Business Cycle: How Immigrants Fare in Good and Bad Economic Times

Report Author: 
Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Nov

Immigrants surpassed native-born workers in several key labor market outcomes from the mid-1990s through 2007, recording higher employment and lower jobless rates — but the trend was reversed with the onset of the current recession.

This report, which analyzes employment and unemployment patterns over the past 15 years and two recessions, shows that immigrant economic outcomes began deteriorating before the current recession officially began in December 2007, tracing immigrants' declining fortunes largely to the housing bust which began in 2006. 

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The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration in the United States

Report Author: 
Gordon H. Hanson
Original Date of Publication: 
2009 Dec

Illegal immigration's overall impact on the US economy is negligible, despite clear benefits for employers and unauthorized immigrants and slightly depressed wages for low-skilled native workers. This is the finding according to Professor of Economics Gordon Hanson of the University of California, San Diego, and the Migration Policy Institute's Labor Markets Initiative.

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Policies to Curb Unauthorized Employment

Report Author: 
Madeleine Sumption
Original Date of Publication: 
2011 May

This policy brief offers a sobering analysis of the policy options available to governments seeking to reduce the hiring of unauthorized workers. The author concludes that “a comprehensive approach has the greatest potential for success.” Such an approach would combine stronger sanctions against illegal hiring with some expansion of legal flows of low-skilled workers, along with stronger enforcement of basic labor law standards. 

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