How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?

[rangerrebew]

How Does Immigration Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market?
By Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny, and Stephanie Gullo
 

2018 was a banner year for the U.S. economy, but long-run projections are much less bright. Intensifying forces—including the aging of the workforce, stagnating labor force participation rates, and emerging gaps between the skills U.S. employers seek and those workers possess—are poised to significantly reshape the U.S. labor market. Other trends, including globalization and automation, are likely to dramatically transform how and where work is done.

Against the backdrop of these changes, this think piece asks: What role can immigration play in bolstering future workforce and economic growth, and meeting shifting demand for both high- and low-skilled labor?

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-fit-future-us-labor-market

[skeeter]

Didn't read the report. Does it say anything about making it possible for Americans to have larger families without becoming poverty stricken? Or are we just gonna keep taxing the hell out of everyone and make up for the labor shortfall by bringing in poor people from abroad?

[Fishrrman]

"Immigration" SHOULD NOT figure into the labor market much at all.

If it must, then something is wrong.

[Sanguine]

I haven't read the whole thing yet, but there is one thing that sticks out:

For their generous support, the Migration Policy Institute is grateful to the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Unbound Philanthropy, and the 21st Century International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) Heritage Fund.