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Introduction to a Special Issue on the Impact of Immigrant Legalization Initiatives: International Perspectives on Immigration and the World of Work

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Griffith23_International_Perspectives_on_Immigration.pdf (115.74 KB)
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Faculty Publications - International and Comparative Labor
Faculty Publications - Labor Economics
Faculty Publications - Labor Relations, Law, and History
Author
Cook, Maria Lorena
Gleeson, Shannon
Griffith, Kati L.
Kahn, Lawrence M.
Abstract

This article is the third in a series to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ILR Review. The series features articles that analyze the state of research and future directions for important themes the journal has featured over its many years of publication. In this issue, we also feature a special cluster of articles and book reviews on one of the most critical labor market issues across the globe—the legalization and integration of immigrants into national labor markets. Despite the urgent need for immigration reform in the United States, there is a paucity of US research that looks at the impact of a shift from unauthorized to legal immigrant status in the workplace. The US immigration literature has also paid little attention to immigrant legalization policies outside of the United States, despite the fact that other countries have implemented such policies with far more regularity. The articles in this special issue draw on studies of legalization initiatives in major immigrant destinations: Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Together they underscore the importance of cross-national perspectives for understanding the range of legalization programs and their impact on immigrant workers, the workplace, and the labor market. These findings contribute to key questions in migration scholarship and inform the global policy debate surrounding the integration and well-being of immigrants

Date Issued
2018-08-01
Keywords
immigration
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legal status
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immigrant populations
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article

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