title: The employment and wages of legalized immigrants.
abstract: "This article analyzes the employment and wages of recently legalized immigrants [in the United States] using the Legalization Application Processing System (LAPS) file, an administrative file based on the individual records of amnesty applicants, and draws comparisons with a sample of the foreign-born population from the Current Population Surveys of 1983, 1986 and 1988.  Compared to the total foreign-born population, the legalized immigrant population differs in four important respects that bear on labor market position:  1) a younger age structure; 2) a less balanced gender composition; 3) a greater representation of Latin Americans; and 4) few years of U.S. residence.  LAPS data reveal high rates of labor force participation among legalized immigrants, which exceeded the rates of the foreign-born population by approximately 5 and 17 percent for men and women, respectively."
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Borjas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tienda
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Americas; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Foreigners; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; Time Factors; United States; Wages