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Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2011
Youth and young adults from immigrant families today represent one in four people in the United States between the ages of 16 and 26--up from one in five just 15 years ago. This population will assume a greater role as the US workforce ages, and how it fares in the classroom and in the workplace is of signal importance not just for these…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Citizenship, Graduation Rate, College Bound Students
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Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Fix, Michael – Future of Children, 2004
A number of economic and labor market trends in the United States over the past 30 years affect the well-being of workers and their families. This article describes key changes taking place and the implications for social and economic policies designed to help low-income working families and their children, particularly those families that include…
Descriptors: Wages, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Market