February SGE Luncheon
Thursday, February 21, 2008
U.S. Immigration: Demographics and the Workplace
Rakesh Kochar
Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center
Summary
This talk will focus on the characteristics of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force and their employment and earnings outcomes. Nearly one out of every two new workers in the U.S. is foreign-born and many are here without authorization. The discussion will highlight interrelated aspects of the foreign-born experience in the U.S. labor market—employment, earnings, asset ownership and wealth accumulation, education, industry and occupation—and will conclude with a review of the evidence on the impact of immigration on the employment and earnings outcomes of native-born workers.
Bio
Rakesh Kochhar is Associate Director for Research at the Pew Hispanic Center. Dr. Kochhar’s work at the Center focuses on trends in the employment, income and wealth of Hispanic workers and households. He has served as President of the Society of Government Economists and as an International Economics Fellow of the Ford Foundation. Dr. Kochhar received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Delhi, India and completed his doctoral studies in economics at Brown University.
Chinatown Garden Restaurant 618 H St., NW,
Washington Metro: Gallery Place (Red, Green, and Yellow Lines). Restaurant is 1/2 block east of the Metro station's northern (H Street) exit.
Reservations by 11:30 am February 20th, to Brian Sloboda: Brian.W.Sloboda@usps.gov
$15 for SGE and NEC members $20 for non-members