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Keyword: skilled workers


Moving Up by Staying Put (8/30/2001)

American companies are increasingly outsourcing back-office and software design work to highly skilled but lower-cost English-speaking foreign workers.

Keywords: back office, foreign workers, globalization, H1-B visa, high- tech industry, immigrants, jobs, labor mobility, migration, outsourcing, salary, skilled workers, wage

Visa Auction (2/27/2007)

Auction of immigrant visas could ensure that scarce visas go to only those who are willing to pay the most to get them and that immigrants do not displace native-born workers simply because of their willingness to accept lower pay.

Keywords: armed forces, citizenship, illegal immigrant, immigrant visa, investor visa, net pay, skilled workers, visa auction, volunteer armed services, wages