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The H-1B program and its effects on information technology workers
Zavodny, Madeline (2003-07)
Employment in the information technology (IT) field rose rapidly during the late 1990s. Many IT employees are foreign born and are working in the United States with H-1B visas-temporary nonimmigrant visas issued for terms of up to six years. Critics of the H-1B program contend that it reduces job opportunities and wages for native workers. The programs' supporters argue that H-1B workers-who typically have at least a bachelor's degree in a specialty such as computer programming-help address a shortage of skilled native workers and fill positions that would otherwise go vacant. ; This article ...
Economic Review , Volume 88 , Issue Q3 , Pages 33-43

Journal Article
Study examines Mexican immigrants remitting habits
anonymous (2005-01-01)
Altruism, investment, and mitigating risk are important reasons Mexican immigrants in the United States remit money to their home country.
Financial Update , Volume 18 , Issue Q 1

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Self-selection among undocumented immigrants from Mexico
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline (2001)
This paper examines the effect of changes in migration determinants on the skill level of undocumented immigrants from Mexico. The authors focus on the effect of changes in economic conditions, migrant networks, and border enforcement on the educational attainment of Mexican-born men who cross the border illegally. Although previous research indicates that illegal aliens from Mexico tend to be unskilled relative to U.S. natives and that economic conditions, networks, and border enforcement affect the size of illegal immigrant flows across the border, the interaction of these variables has not ...
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2001-1

Working Paper
Does immigration affect wages? A look at occupation-level evidence
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline (2003)
Previous research has reached mixed conclusions about whether higher levels of immigration reduce the wages of natives. This paper reexamines this question using data from the Current Population Survey and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and focuses on differential effects by skill level. Using occupation as a proxy for skill, the authors find that an increase in the fraction of workers in an occupation group who are foreign born tends to lower the wages of low-skilled natives-particularly after controlling for endogeneity-but does not have a negative effect among skilled natives.
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2003-2

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The labor market experience and impact of undocumented workers
Quispe-Agnoli, Myriam; Hotchkiss, Julie L. (2008)
Using administrative data from the state of Georgia, the authors find that average wages among documented workers are lower in industries that employ undocumented workers and that a greater share of undocumented workers in those industries further lowers wages. In addition, undocumented workers have significantly lower labor supply elasticity, likely as a result of their limited employment and grievance opportunities. Furthermore, the inflow of undocumented workers does more to displace earlier hired undocumented workers than it does to displace documented workers.
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2008-07

Working Paper
Race, wages, and assimilation among Cuban immigrants
Zavodny, Madeline (2003)
This study uses data from the 1980 and 1990 Census and the 1994-2000 Current Population Survey to examine the determinants of earnings among male Cuban immigrants in the United States by race. Nonwhite Cuban immigrants earn about 15 percent less than whites, on average. Much of the racial wage gap is due to differences in educational attainment, age at migration, and years in the United States, but the gap remains at almost 4 percent after controlling for such factors. Nonwhite Cuban immigrants also have lower returns to education than whites. A comparison to white, non-Hispanic U.S. natives ...
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2003-10

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The impact of immigration raids on children
Capps, Randy; Castaneda, Rosa Maria (2008-07)
A study into immigration raids? effect on children produced numerous recommendations, many of which were adopted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Among the recommendations: granting arrestees access to intermediaries to inquire about children; improving telephone access; and not moving parents far away.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 10-12

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Transnationalism: living in two worlds
Levitt, Peggy (2008-07)
Many immigrants vote, invest, and support families back home while starting businesses, establishing churches, and joining parent-teacher associations in the United States. Today savvy organizations recognize this growing transnationalism and collaborate across borders to reduce problems in two countries simultaneously.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 6-9

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Immigrant experience: the relation between skin color and pay
Hersch, Joni (2009-04)
There is considerable evidence of discriminatory treatment of immigrants in employment and access to housing, and the author?s research suggests that factors such as height and darkness of skin may influence how immigrants are treated.
Communities and Banking , Issue Spr , Pages 18-19

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Promoting economic prosperity by welcoming immigrants
Steinhardt, Rachel (2013-07)
Civic leaders are catching on to what savvy businesses already understand: diversity and immigration are opportunities that can improve prosperity for all.
Communities and Banking , Issue Summer , Pages 8-10

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