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May 2002

The role of foreign-born workers in the U. S. economy

Abraham T. Mosisa

Foreign-born workers have come to play an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy; between 1996 and 2000, they constituted nearly half of the net increase in the U.S. labor force

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