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PDF pending restorationMartin, Philip L. – 1986
This paper finds that the ready availability of illegal-immigrant workers from Mexico in major industries in the Southwest region of the United States is having far-reaching and often unanticipated consequences for patterns of investment, employment, and business competition. It reviews the displacement of U.S. workers by illegal immigrants in…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Labor Economics, Labor Supply, Undocumented Immigrants
Peer reviewedDe Jong, Gordon F.; Blair, Marilou C. Legazpi – Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1994
Studies the decline of immigrants with professional and technical occupations to the United States, using data from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Data show a shift in where immigrants are coming from, that is, less technologically inclined countries; and greater immigration of categories with low proportions of professional and…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Immigrants, Professional Occupations
Goodis, Tracy Ann; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
In 1980, 25% of the 14 million foreign-born persons in the United States were in California; 1.7 million of these were in Los Angeles County. Half of the 2.1 million undocumented immigrants counted in the 1980 United States Census lived in California, and about 75% of these were of Mexican origin. Results of a 1983 Urban Institute poll revealed…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Nationals
Manson, Donald M.; And Others – 1985
Characteristics that would tend to place Mexican immigrants in direct competition with native workers for jobs at the bottom of the wage and skill hierarchy are their numbers, their largely undocumented status, low education and skill levels, and poor English-speaking ability. Using regression analysis, 1980 Census data were analyzed to determine…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Opportunities
Download full textHandel, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2004
This paper reviews evidence from industry-specific and case studies that shed light on the extent to which computers and automation eliminate jobs, raise job skill requirements, and, consequently, contribute to increased wage inequality between less- and more skilled workers. This paper complements a previous review of large-scale econometric…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Employment Level, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Amodeo, Luiza B.; And Others – 1981
Rural Chicanas share values and problems with other rural women (conservative orientation toward sex roles and life styles, conflict between traditional demands of rural culture and pressure to enter the labor force), but with additional socio-linguistic barriers (limited English-speaking ability, few marketable job skills). Many Chicanas do not…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
