Survey: No negative impact on natives' job

Big News Network.com
Thursday 10th August, 2006 (UPI)

A survey says rapid increases in U.S. foreign-born population weren't associated with negative effects on the employment of native-born workers.

The survey by the Pew Hispanic Center examined data in the boom years of the 1990s and the downturn and recovery since 2000, the center announced.

The survey said the relationship between growth in the foreign-born population and the employment outcomes of native-born workers revealed wide variations across the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

It said no consistent pattern emerged to show native-born workers suffered or benefited from this trend.

The survey said the size of the foreign-born workforce was also unrelated to the employment prospects for native-born workers. The relative youth and low levels of education among foreign workers also appear to have no bearing on the employment outcomes of native-born workers of similar schooling and age.

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