Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Report documents dramatic shift in immigrant workforce’s skill level

Recently, the US immigration rate of skilled labor is higher than that of unskilled one. The increase shifts out labour supply curve. Among those skilled immigrants, they have a high educational attainment because 30% of them have at least a bachelor’ degree. It shows that the immigration is positively selected. Also, we can see that the trend of labor demand is changing because we have transformed from manufacturing industry to a technological industry. We then need more skilled workers to complement the technological transfer.  Besides, it is interesting to note that immigrants from Mexico and Central America seem to be low-skilled while immigrants from Asia tend to be high-skilled.

http://www.mariowire.com/2011/06/10/report-documents-shift-immigrant-workforce-skill-level/

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