Imported talent: Foreign immigration and the New England labor market

From: Connection, New England's Journal of Higher Education | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Workforce development policymaking and program planning at the state and local level is dependent on the availability of information on changes in the quantity and quality of the available labor supply. The 1990s witnessed powerful demographic shifts in the composition of the U.S. population and labor force. Foreign immigration into the United States during the decade reached new historical highs and contributed a substantial share of the growth in the nation's population. Between 1990 and 2000, 41 percent of the nation's population growth was generated by new foreign immigrants, and about ...

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