Labor Markets

Immigrants' Costs and Contributions: The Effects of Reform

Europe and Its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Continuing Dialogue of the Deaf?

Europe’s long-term prosperity hinges on migration policies that simultaneously tackle aging and labor shortages while protecting cherished social welfare models.

Senate Debates Temporary Worker Program and Path to Legal Status for the Unauthorized

A March 2006 U.S. Senate bill proposed 400,000 annual temporary work slots and legalization for unauthorized immigrants as hundreds of thousands rallied in support.

Temporary Worker Programs: A Patchwork Policy Response

U.S. temporary worker programs often lead to permanent stays and send mixed messages to employers and workers alike about program intentions.

The Growing Connection Between Temporary and Permanent Immigration Systems

While the temporary and permanent immigration systems are meant to be separate, temporary visas increasingly serve as a pathway to a green card in a de facto third admissions system.

U.S. Employment-Based Admissions: Permanent and Temporary

The U.S. employment-based immigration system, permanent and temporary, falls short in responding to changing market conditions and is out of sync with companies’ hiring cycles.

Comprehensive Legislation vs. Fundamental Reform: The Limits of Current Immigration Proposals

Comprehensive immigration reform plans advanced by Congress and the George W. Bush administration contained shortcomings and would not materially change the immigration regime.

EU Disunion: Immigration in an Enlarged Europe

One year after EU enlargement, only the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Sweden had opened labor markets to accession-state nationals.

Eligible to Work? Experiments in Verifying Work Authorization

The Basic Pilot employment verification program was promising but flawed, with compliance gaps. It can only achieve its goals if made mandatory, but reassessment is first needed.

United States-Canada-Mexico Fact Sheet on Trade and Migration

This fact sheet examines the trilateral relationship between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the decade since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and provides facts and figures relating to trade and migration among the three countries.