Workforce/Labor

Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Report Author: 
Maria Vincenza Desiderio
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Aug

Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Policymakers around the world are aware of the economic and social benefits of attracting and supporting immigrant entrepreneurs, who are often more likely than the native-born to start a business and create jobs, revitalize declining neighborhoods, innovate, and integrate other immigrants into the labor market.

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Demand for H-1B Visas in New England: An Analysis of Employer Requests for Highly Skilled Guest Workers

Report Author: 
Robert Clifford
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Demand for H-1B Visas in New England: An Analysis of Employer Requests for Highly Skilled Guest Workers

Demand for H-1B visas in New England explains the mechanics of the H-1B visa program, discusses how the program is utilized in New England and elsewhere, and makes recommendations to revamp the program so that it garners greater public support and meets the needs of the economy.

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Improving Cultural Competence: A Treatment Improvement Protocol

Report Author: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Improving Cultural Competence: A Treatment Improvement Protocol

With a mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness, SAMSHA produces Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) to provide evidence-based and best practice guidance to clinicians, program administrators, and payers.

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Responding to Culture: Beyond Cultural Competence Training

Report Author: 
Rachel H. Voss-DeMeester, MPH, Kevin W. McCullough, MJ, Scott C. Cook, PhD., Mona El-Shamaa, MPH,, and Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Mar

Responding to Culture: Beyond Cultural Competence Training

While cultural competence training for health care professionals may increase awareness of cultural differences and of the need to address disparities in health outcomes, it is not enough to produce real results.

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Does Immigration Increase Economic Growth?

Report Author: 
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Dec

Does Immigration Increase Economic Growth?

The author reviews the evidence on whether immigration helps or harms American workers. The consensus among economists is that increased immigration leads to higher economic growth and that immigrants complement rather than displace native-born workers.

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Immigrants Working for U.S. Pharmaceuticals

Report Author: 
Shaun Michel and James Witte
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Aug

Immigrants Working for U.S. Pharmaceuticals

This paper analyzes the role of immigrants in the pharmaceutical industry and is the first in a series about the economic contributions of immigrants in key industries in the United States. In 2011, immigrants represented 13 percent of the U.S. population but accounted for 17 percent of the workforce in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Bringing Vitality to Main Street: How Immigrant Small Businesses Help Local Economies Grow

Report Author: 
David Dyssegaard Kallick
Original Date of Publication: 
2015 Jan

Immigrants were responsible for all of the net growth in Main Street business nationally and in 31 of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas between 2000 and 2013. This is the main finding of a first-of-its-kind report that demonstrates the high value of immigrants to local economies, particularly as Main Street business owners, and their importance in building healthy, safe and economically viable neighborhoods.

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U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Report Author: 
William R. Kerr
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Aug

In the 2008 Current Population Survey, immigrants represented 16 percent of the United States workforce with a bachelor's education. Moreover, immigrants accounted for 29 percent of the growth in this workforce during the 1995-2008 period. Exceeding these strong overall contributions, the role of immigrants within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is even more pronounced. Even so, the importance of the global migration of STEM talent has been under-studied. In this paper, "U.S.

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