Thursday, March 27, 2008
[IWS] BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2007 [26 March 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2007 [26 March 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Foreign-born workers' share of the U.S. labor force continued to grow, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In
2007, 24.0 million persons, or 15.7 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force
age 16 and over, were foreign born. Their share of the labor force was up from
15.3 percent in 2006. The unemployment rate for the foreign born increased by
0.3 percentage point over the year to 4.3 percent in 2007. From 2003 to 2006,
it had declined by 2.6 percentage points. The jobless rate of the native born,
at 4.7 percent in 2007, was unchanged from the prior year.
This news release compares the labor force characteristics of the foreign
born with those of their native-born counterparts. The data on nativity are
collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample
survey of approximately 60,000 households. The foreign born are persons who
reside in the United States but who were born outside the country or one of its
outlying areas to parents who were not U.S. citizens. The foreign born include
legally-admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents such as students and
temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants. The survey data, however, do not
separately identify the numbers of persons in these categories. For further in-
formation about the survey, see the Technical Note.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2007 [26 March 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Foreign-born workers' share of the U.S. labor force continued to grow, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In
2007, 24.0 million persons, or 15.7 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force
age 16 and over, were foreign born. Their share of the labor force was up from
15.3 percent in 2006. The unemployment rate for the foreign born increased by
0.3 percentage point over the year to 4.3 percent in 2007. From 2003 to 2006,
it had declined by 2.6 percentage points. The jobless rate of the native born,
at 4.7 percent in 2007, was unchanged from the prior year.
This news release compares the labor force characteristics of the foreign
born with those of their native-born counterparts. The data on nativity are
collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample
survey of approximately 60,000 households. The foreign born are persons who
reside in the United States but who were born outside the country or one of its
outlying areas to parents who were not U.S. citizens. The foreign born include
legally-admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents such as students and
temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants. The survey data, however, do not
separately identify the numbers of persons in these categories. For further in-
formation about the survey, see the Technical Note.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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