Labor Markets

The Next Generation of E-Verify: Getting Employment Verification Right

A redesigned E-Verify employment verification system should boost accuracy and coverage while protecting workers’ rights and limiting burdens on U.S. employers.

Aligning Temporary Immigration Visas with U.S. Labor Market Needs: The Case for a New System of Provisional Visas

This paper outlines MPI’s design of a flexible provisional visa that would tie temporary labor inflows to real-time demand while offering workers who meet clear criteria pathways to stay.

6th Annual Immigration Law & Policy Conference

This conference offered law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Speakers included Senate Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Charles Schumer and Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton.

The Second Generation in Europe: Education and the Transition to the Labor Market

School system design, especially early child-care access and academic tracking, drives wide variation in second-generation Turks' outcomes across seven European countries.

Taking Limited English Proficient Adults into Account in the Federal Adult Education Funding Formula

Workforce Investment Act Title II funding should reflect the size and needs of Limited English Proficient (LEP) adults, not just lack of a diploma.

Talent, Competitiveness and Migration

Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st-Century Economy: A Standing Commission on Labor Markets, Economic Competitiveness, and Migration

A permanent expert commission using evidence to flexibly guide U.S. employment-based immigration levels would strengthen the country’s economic competitiveness.

Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis

The U.S. recession slowed unauthorized immigration, but large-scale returns appeared unlikely.

Immigration and the Labour Market: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Immigration's average wage effects are small. Policies protecting vulnerable workers and supporting long-term growth deliver better outcomes than broad restrictions on immigration.

Immigration in the United Kingdom: The Recession and Beyond

Recession reduced new immigration to the United Kingdom and hit recently arrived migrants hardest, highlighting the need for flexible labor policy and integration.