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Foreign temporary workers in America : policies that benefit the U.S. economy

Author: Briant Lindsay Lowell
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Quorum, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The number of temporary workers residing legally in the United States has grown dramatically over the last 30 years, yet little is known about their effects on the U.S. labor market. It is clear, however, that the many highly skilled workers among these migrants are causing friction within the firms and institutions that employ them - and it is equally clear that they are also providing significant benefits.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Briant Lindsay Lowell
ISBN: 1567202276 9781567202274
OCLC Number: 38856269
Description: vi, 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Temporary visas for work, study, and cultural exchange : introduction and summary / B. Lindsay Lowell --
Skilled temporary workers in the global economy : creating a balanced and forward-looking selection process / Demetrios G. Papademetriou --
Some thoughts on nonimmigrant student and worker programs / David S. North --
Nonimmigrant visa policy of the United States / Charles B. Keely --
The new high-tech braceros : who is the employer? / Michael P. Smith --
Skill level and employer use of foreign speciality workers / Jacqueline Hagan and Susana McCollom --
Nonimmigrant visa programs : problems and policy reforms / Gregory DeFreitas --
California's farm labor market and immigration reform / Philip Martin --
Policy analysis of foreign student visas / Barry R. Chiswick --
Denial of doctoral opportunities for African Americans / Frank L. Morris, Sr. --
Foreign students in science and engineering Ph. D. programs : an alien invasion or brain gain? / Jagdish Bhagwati and Milind Rao --
Limited duration admissions / Susan Martin.
Responsibility: edited by B. Lindsay Lowell.
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Abstract:

The number of temporary workers residing legally in the United States has grown dramatically over the last 30 years, yet little is known about their effects on the U.S. labor market. It is clear, however, that the many highly skilled workers among these migrants are causing friction within the firms and institutions that employ them - and it is equally clear that they are also providing significant benefits. Dr.

Lowell and the contributors to this volume explore the labor market impacts these people are having, and lay out a variety of policy options to deal with them. Drawing upon their own extensive experience and newly available empirical work by others, the editor and contributors break new ground to provide readers with the first book-length analysis devoted exclusively to foreign temporary workers in the United States.

This is an important source of data and ideas for human resource executives, upper management, and policy decision makers throughout the public sector.

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