Workers

The Riches of the Melting Pot: How Diversity in Metropolitan Areas Helps Grow the Wages of Low and High-Wage Workers

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Jan

Report File: 
PDF icon NAE_Diversity.pdf
Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Language Diversity & the Workforce: The Growing Need for Bilingual Workers in Colorado's Economy

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Feb

Report File: 
PDF icon NAE-CO-Biliteracy-Brief.pdf
Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Sizing Up the Gap in our Supply of STEM Workers

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Mar

Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Sea to Table: The Role of Foreign-Born Workers in the Seafood Processing Industry

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 May

Source Organization: 
New American Economy

New Research Shows Immigrants Are More Likely to Move for a Job in Four Key Industries

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Jul

Source Organization: 
New American Economy

One Cost of Cutting Back on Less-Skilled Immigration: Potential Business Creation

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Apr

Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Immigrants as Economic Drivers in Story and Boone Counties

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Nov

Immigrants living in Iowa’s Story and Boone counties are preserving American jobs and paying millions in state and local taxes. Though making up just 6.6 percent of the population, they contributed $390 million to GDP in 2015 and paid $17.3 million in state and local taxes. Furthermore, nearly 97 percent of the immigrant population is employed.

Report File: 
PDF icon NAE_Ames_brief.pdf
Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Immigrants as Economic Drivers in the Kansas City Metro Area in 2015

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2017 Dec

Report File: 
PDF icon NAE-KC-brief.pdf
Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Demand for Bilingual Workers in Iowa

Report Author: 
New American Economy
Original Date of Publication: 
2018 May

Between 2010 and 2016, online job postings in Iowa for bilingual workers nearly tripled, from 1,658 to 4,946 job postings. This marked a 198.3% increase in the number of online job postings for bilingual workers since 2010.

Report File: 
PDF icon SealOfBiliteracy_Brief_IA.pdf
Source Organization: 
New American Economy

Reimagining Skilled Migration Partnerships to Support Development

Report Author: 
Kate Hooper
Original Date of Publication: 
2018 Sep

Report File: 
PDF icon GlobalCompact-SkillPartnerships_Final.pdf
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute

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