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Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?
Two years after the 2008 global financial collapse, immigrants faced steeper job losses and squeezed integration budgets. But countries saw little large-scale return.
Mobilizing Diaspora Entrepreneurship for Development
Diaspora entrepreneurship can drive job creation and innovation in origin countries but needs tailored support to overcome structural barriers.
Heritage Tourism and Nostalgia Trade: A Diaspora Niche in the Development Landscape
Diaspora heritage tourism and nostalgia trade connect origin-country economies to global markets, offering less-developed countries an underused comparative advantage.
The Demographic Impacts of Repealing Birthright Citizenship
Modeling shows that repealing birthright citizenship would swell, not shrink, the U.S. unauthorized population and create a hereditary underclass, this 2010 analysis shows.
Diaspora Philanthropy: Private Giving and Public Policy
Diaspora giving is growing but hindered by weak nonprofit capacity and policy barriers; tax incentives and capacity building would maximize its development impact.
Still an Hourglass? Immigrant Workers in Middle-Skilled Jobs
Immigrant employment grew fastest in middle-skilled jobs after 2000; the 2007–09 recession hit less-educated immigrant workers hardest, erasing many of these gains.
Number and Growth of Students in U.S. Schools in Need of English Instruction, 2009
From the late 1990s to 2007–08, students needing English instruction grew far faster than overall enrollment, straining school capacity in many states.
States and Districts with the Highest Number and Share of English Language Learners, 2009
By 2012–13, nearly 5 million English Learners were concentrated in a few U.S. states and school districts, especially in the West.