Center for Jobs and Immigration - labor studies on workforce employment and job displacement

Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007, by Rakesh Kochhar, Pew Hispanic Center, October 2, 2008
- Incomes of non-citizen households--nearly half of which are led by undocumented immigrants--fell 7.3% from 2006 to 2007, in sharp contrast to an increase of 1.3% for all U.S. households. Household incomes of non-citizens who are Hispanic; from Latin America; recently arrived; male; less educated; and employed in construction, production or service occupations fell the most.
Dropping Out: Immigrant Entry and Native Exit From the Labor Market, 2000-2005, by Steven A. Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies, March 2006.
- The share of the less-educated adult natives in the labor force has declined steadily since 2000.
Jobs Americans Won't Do? A Detailed Look at Immigrant Employment by Occupation, by Steven A. Camarota, Karen Jensenius, Center for Immigration Studies, August 2009.
- There are 93 occupations in which 20 percent or more of workers are immigrants. These high-immigrant occupations are primarily, but not exclusively, lower-wage jobs that require relatively little formal education.
- In high-immigrant occupations, 57 percent of natives have no more than a high school education.
- In high-immigrant occupations the average wages and salary for natives is one-fourth lower than in occupations that are less than 20 percent immigrant.
Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say, USA Today, March 10, 2009
- Tens of thousands of jobs created by the economic stimulus law could end up filled by illegal immigrants, particularly in big states such as California where undocumented workers are heavily represented in construction, experts on both sides of the issue say.
Trends in Immigrant and Native Employment, by Steven A. Camarota, Karen Jensenius, Center for Immigration Studies, May 2009.
- Very high unemployment rates for immigrants and natives raise the question of whether it makes sense to continue admitting so many new immigrants.