How does immigration help the economy? Immigrants make a significant impact on state and local economies. Learn more about the contributions immigrants make as workers, taxpayers and consumers.
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This paper challenges the assumption that skill is primarily derived from formal schooling and classroom education. Instead, authors focus on the tacit skills of newly-arrived Latino immigrant workers in the construction industry.
Aging populations and the growing need to provide long-term care to the elderly are among the leading demographic, political, and social challenges facing industrialized countries, including the United States. Immigrants will continue to play a significant role in the growth of the U.S. labor force in general and of the direct-care workforce in particular.
