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- Home Secretary welcomes EU migrant workers. // Personnel Today;2/17/2004, p4
The expected influx of foreign workers from Eastern Europe should be welcomed into Great Britain because they are desperately needed by businesses, Home Secretary David Blunkett has claimed. Blunkett said that far from restricting the number of employees coming from the new EU member states,...
- Immigration Reform and the Skill Shortage Issue. Papademetriou, Demetrios G.; Lowell, B. Lindsay // Labor Law Journal;Aug91, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p520
This article discusses the impact of the Immigration Act of 1990 on employment-based immigration in the U.S. That law increases overall immigration by approximately 35 percent, while more than doubling employment-based immigration from 54,000 to 120,000 visas, and reconfiguring the educational...
- Social Policy and Immigrant Joblessness in Britain, Germany and Sweden. Kesler, Christel // Social Forces;Dec2006, Vol. 85 Issue 2, p743
I examine patterns of joblessness among immigrant men and women from 33 countries of origin now living in Britain, Germany and Sweden. Access to welfare, access to the labor market, job segregation and institutional support for women's employment define distinct policy configurations in these...
- IMMIGRATION AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKERS. Johannsson, Hannes; Shulman, Steven // Review of Black Political Economy;Summer/Fall2003, Vol. 31 Issue 1/2, p95
This paper presents econometric evidence showing that immigration significantly and substantially reduces the labor force participation of both African American and European American workers, and that the impact is greater among African Americans. The authors argue in favor of both targeted...
- THE LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN DENMARK. Liebig, Thomas // OECD Papers;2007, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p1
The article focuses on the labour market integration of immigrants in Denmark. The labour market in the country has been strongly dominated by refugees and family reunification and groups whose labour market outcomes tend to be not as good as the native-born. Improvement of these outcomes has...
- Immigration Blues Issue divides Republicans as midterms near. Seligson, Dan // Campaigns & Elections (1996);Feb2006, Vol. 27 Issue 1, FEATURE p25
The article discusses the political debates among Republicans concerning immigrant labor in the U.S. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2005 lobbied to defeat a bill sponsored by Representative James Sensenbrenner that would have increased enforcement and penalties for illegal immigration.
- Emigrating Home. Dragu, Anca // Transitions Online;10/13/2003, pN.PAG
Reports on the plan of the Czech government to launch an immigration scheme to attract qualified workers from Eastern Europe. Implication of the accession of the country to the European Union for employment and labor supply; Factors that may cause a brain-drain of skilled workers; Actions that...
- Rights & Resistance as a Shifts Towards the Use of Guestworkers. HANLEY, JILL; SHRAGGE, ERIC // Social Policy;Fall2010, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p6
The article reports on efforts which have been made and are being made in Canada to organize and protect the rights of foreign workers who are in Canada working under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. An increase which has been seen in the use of temporary worker programs within the...
- Immigration Law. // Qualified Remodeler;Jul2008, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p12
The article reports on developments related to immigration law in the U.S. A U.S. district judge ruled in June 2008 that sections in Oklahoma's new immigration law likely interfere with federal rules regarding the hiring of unauthorized workers. The judge addressed provisions that would have...
