low-skilled workers
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Comparing Immigration Policies Under the IMPALA Database
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A person’s decision to migrate is affected by various economic, political, and social factors not only in the country of origin (push factors), but also in the destination country (pull factors). More specifically, push factors are elements that cause people to leave their country of origin and pull factors attract…
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Economists Are Finding a New Perspective on Immigration
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As recently as twenty years ago, economists taught that as the supply of unskilled labor increased due to immigration, legal or otherwise, the wages and employment of natives would fall as the two groups competed for a fixed number of jobs. This perspective casts immigration as a potential threat to…
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Filling in the Missing Pieces for Job Training Programs
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Job providers focus on one or two niche industries to maximize impact for low-income, low-skilled workers.