Using data from the Current Population Survey and the New Immigrant Survey, this paper examines the common perception that immigrants are concentrated in high-risk jobs for which they receive little wage compensation. Compared to native U.S. workers, non-Mexican immigrants are not at higher risk and have substantial values of statistical life.…

Results of a new study of the extent to which differences in educational attainment, labor force attachment, and work history and on-the-job training account for wage differences between the sexes and races show that, even after extensive adjustments for qualification and attachment measures, White men earn substantially more. (MF)