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Title: Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas?
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URL Source: http://cis.org/immigrants-filled-most-new-jobs-in-Texas
Published: Sep 22, 2011
Author: Steven A. Camarota, Ashley Monique Webst
Post Date: 2011-09-22 12:35:11 by Skip Intro
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Views: 4867
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A Look at Employment Gains for Immigrants and the Native-Born, 2007 to 2011 Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) has pointed to job growth in Texas during the current economic downturn as one of his main accomplishments. But analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data collected by the Census Bureau show that immigrants (legal and illegal) have been the primary beneficiaries of this growth since 2007, not native-born workers. This is true even though the native-born accounted for the vast majority of growth in the working-age population (age 16 to 65) in Texas. Thus, they should have received the lion’s share of the increase in employment. As a result, the share of working-age natives in Texas holding a job has declined in a manner very similar to the nation a whole. Among the findings: Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and illegal). In terms of numbers, between the second quarter of 2007, right before the recession began, and the second quarter of 2011, total employment in Texas increased by 279,000. Of this, 225,000 jobs went to immigrants (legal and illegal) who arrived in the United States in 2007 or later. Of newly arrived immigrants who took a job in Texas, 93 percent were not U.S. citizens. Thus government data show that more than three-fourths of net job growth in Texas were taken by newly arrived non-citizens (legal and illegal). The large share of job growth that went to immigrants is surprising because the native-born accounted for 69 percent of the growth in Texas’ working-age population (16 to 65). Thus, even though natives made up most of the growth in potential workers, most of the job growth went to immigrants. The share of working-age natives holding a job in Texas declined significantly, from 71 percent in 2007 to 67 percent in 2011. This decline is very similar to the decline for natives in the United States as a whole and is an indication that the situation for native-born workers in Texas is very similar to the overall situation in the country despite the state’s job growth. Of newly arrived immigrants who took jobs in Texas since 2007, we estimate that 50 percent (113,000) were illegal immigrants. Thus, about 40 percent of all the job growth in Texas since 2007 went to newly arrived illegal immigrants and 40 percent went to newly arrived legal immigrants. Immigrants took jobs across the educational distribution. More than one out three (97,000) of newly arrived immigrants who took a job had at least some college. These numbers raise the question of whether it makes sense to continue the current high level of legal immigration and also whether to continue to tolerate illegal immigration. Introduction One of the most important issues in the unfolding presidential election is the nation’s lack of job growth. The U.S. labor market has been afflicted with high unemployment and low employment rates for more than three years. As Republicans go through the process of selecting the party’s nominee, job growth in Texas during the current economic downturn has been the subject of much discussion. GOP frontrunner Rick Perry has argued that he has a proven record of job creation in his state, even during the current economic downturn. Most of the debate over the state’s job growth has focused on what types of jobs have been created. The extent to which foreign-born or immigrant workers vs. native-born workers benefited from increased employment in the state has received little attention. This Memorandum examines job growth in Texas. The findings indicate that most of the increase in jobs in Texas since 2007 went to foreign-born (immigrant) workers, both legal and illegal, not U.S.-born workers.
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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)
Unemployment check cashers in the other 56 states.
lmbo. GOOD one!
To :Skippy, toe-jam, old man Fred Alzheimers Mertz, _jim, loonymom/ming, e-type-jackoff, goober56, Wrek, calcon, dummy DwarF, continental op, Biff, gobsheit and meguro That makes exactly no sense at all.
Exactly...
Does this help???
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
No.
Now why doesn't that surprise me
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Try and understand why a comment about Obama has no relevance to a post on Perry's illegal alien jobs program. Go ahead, you might be able to figure it out.
You must be in favor of 'new immigrants' getting the majority of newly created jobs in Texas, since you are trying to distract from it's being discussed.
When you count the states, DC and the territories you get 57. He was still wrong though, as he forgot to count Israel.
I never said it was relevant, you just thought I did..... You said you didn't understand what he meant and I was just helping you, obviously I wasted my time.....
"CHANGE" you can step in..... Until Texas (and some other states) laws are changed to keep the illegals from getting those jobs then that is what is going to happen...... No matter what you or I think or say......
"CHANGE" you can step in..... No, I didn't say that. I said it made no sense. You could look it up.
Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas?
#2. To: socalv8 (#1)
From: Capitalist Eric Message:
You're SOCIALIST morons. ESAD.
#3. To: socalv8 (#1)
#4. To: Skip Intro (#3)
That makes exactly no sense at all.
#5. To: Skip Intro (#3)
That makes exactly no sense at all.
#6. To: CZ82 (#5)
#7. To: Skip Intro (#6)
No.
#8. To: CZ82 (#7)
#9. To: CZ82 (#7)
Now why doesn't that surprise me
#10. To: CZ82 (#5)
Does this help???
#11. To: Skip Intro (#8)
Try and understand why a comment about Obama has no relevance to a post on Perry's illegal alien jobs program. Go ahead, you might be able to figure it out
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#12. To: mininggold (#9)
You must be in favor of 'new immigrants' getting the majority of newly created jobs in Texas, since you are trying to distract from it's being discussed.
My dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than the self appointed Messiah!!!
#13. To: CZ82 (#11)
You said you didn't understand what he meant
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