Keyword: immigration

Global Labor Market (9/5/2005)

Labor is increasingly globally sourced due to aging populations and lagging labor productivity in developed countries.

Keywords: arbitrage, contract workers, Filipino, immigration, Japan, labor costs, labor market, maids, Mexican, Mexico, nannies, nurses, offshoring, outsourcing, Philippines, productivity, Scotland, wages

Machines vs Brawn (2/27/2007)

Mechanization may not be able to totally eliminate low-wage and low-skilled jobs that illegal immigrants are eager to fill.

Keywords: automation, chicken processing, harvest, illegal immigrant, immigration, labor productivity, lettuce, low-skilled, machines, mechanization, poultry processing, tomato, wages