Unauthorized Workers and Immigration Reform: What Can We Ascertain from Employers?.

Lowell, B. Lindsay; Jing, Zhongren

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ERIC Number: EJ492324

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Publication Date: 1994

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Unauthorized Workers and Immigration Reform: What Can We Ascertain from Employers?

Lowell, B. Lindsay; Jing, Zhongren

International Migration Review, v28 n3 p427-48 Fall 1994

Estimates the unauthorized U.S. labor force and explores the methodology for estimating hard-to-detect populations. Findings from a sample of 3,169 businesses suggest that a large proportion of the unauthorized labor force uses fraudulent documents without the knowledge of their employer. (GLR)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Force, Labor Legislation, Minority Groups, Occupational Surveys, Personnel Selection, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Undocumented Immigrants, Unskilled Workers

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986

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