Disparities in diabetes between US-born and foreign-born population: using three diabetes indicators

Soon after 9/11 a research project to study new immigration into the Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area got under way. In the questionnaire that was administered to 600 immigrants across five different immigrant populations (Asian Indians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, Salvadorans, and Nigerians) between 2003 and 2005 we decided to include a question about the impact of 9/11 on their lives. We asked: “How has the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 affected your position as an immigrant in the United States?” This article analyzes the responses to this question, looking at similarities and differences across different immigrant populations. It also addresses the broader issue of how 9/11 has affected both immigration policy and attitudes toward the foreign-born in the United States.

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Region of Birth and Child Mortality among Black Migrants to South Africa: Is there a foreign-born advantage?

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v13i3.289 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 359-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tiffany L Green ◽

Amos C Peters

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Child Mortality ◽

Southern Africa ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Black Immigrants ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Region Of Origin ◽

Child Deaths

Much of the existing evidence for the healthy immigrant advantage comes from developed countries. We investigate whether an immigrant health advantage exists in South Africa, an important emerging economy. Using the 2001 South African Census, this study examines differences in child mortality between native-born South African and immigrant blacks. We find that accounting for region of origin is critical: immigrants from southern Africa are more likely to experience higher lifetime child mortality compared to the native-born population. Further, immigrants from outside of southern Africa are less likely than both groups to experience child deaths. Finally, in contrast to patterns observed in developed countries, we detect a strong relationship between schooling and child mortality among black immigrants.

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Independent commissions and labour migration: The British MAC

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v11i1.167 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 23-32

Author(s):

Philip L. Martin ◽

Martin Ruhs

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

Migration Policy ◽

Foreign Workers ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Independent Evidence ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Labour Immigration ◽

British Labour ◽

Policy Objectives ◽

The Uk

The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) was created in 2007 after a decade in which the share of foreign-born workers in the British labour force doubled to 13 per cent. The initial core mandate of the MAC was to provide “independent, evidence-based advice to government on specific skilled occupations in the labour market where shortages exist which can sensibly be filled by migration.” The MAC's answers to these 3-S questions, viz, is the occupation for which employers are requesting foreign workers skilled, are there labour shortages, and is admitting foreign workers a sensible response, have improved the quality of the debate over the “need” for foreign workers in the UK by highlighting some of the important trade-offs inherent in migration policy making. The MAC can clarify migration trade-offs in labour immigration policy, but cannot decide the ultimately political questions about whose interests should be prioritised and how competing policy objectives should be balanced.

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Migration and US agricultural competitiveness

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v10i2.141 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 159-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Philip L. Martin

Keyword(s):

Farm Workers ◽

Easy Access ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Guest Workers ◽

Long Run ◽

Short Run ◽

Lower Wage ◽

The Government ◽

The One

Agriculture has one of the highest shares of foreign-born and unauthorized workers among US industries; over three-fourths of hired farm workers were born abroad, usually in Mexico, and over half of all farm workers are unauthorized. Farm employers are among the few to openly acknowledge their dependence on migrant and unauthorized workers, and they oppose efforts to reduce unauthorized migration unless the government legalizes currently illegal farm workers or provides easy access to legal guest workers. The effects of migrants on agricultural competitiveness are mixed. On the one hand, wages held down by migrants keep labour-intensive commodities competitive in the short run, but the fact that most labour-intensive commodities are shipped long distances means that long-run US competitiveness may be eroded as US farmers have fewer incentives to develop labour-saving and productivity-improving methods of farming and production in lower-wage countries expands.

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Telling Cases That Inform an Understanding of Factors Impacting the Development of Inventors From Diverse Backgrounds

Technology & Innovation ◽

10.21300/21.2.2020.133 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 133-142

Author(s):

Stephanie Couch ◽

Audra Skukauskaite ◽

Leigh B. Estabrooks

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Young Women ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Young Men ◽

The United States ◽

Foreign Born ◽

School Students ◽

School Year ◽

Diverse Backgrounds

The lack of diversity among patent holders in the United States (1-3) is a topic that is being discussed by federal policymakers. Available data suggests that prolific patent holders and leading technology innovators are 88.3% male and nearly 94.3% Asian, Pacific Islander, or White, and half of the diversity that does exist is among those who are foreign born (3). The data shows that there is a need for greater diversity among patent holders. Few studies, however, are available to guide the work of educators creating learning opportunities to help young people from diverse backgrounds learn to invent. Educators must navigate issues that have complex sociocultural and historical dimensions (4), which shape the ideas of those surrounding them regarding who can invent, with whom, under what conditions, and for what purposes. In this paper, we report the results of an ongoing multimethod study of an invention education pro- gram that has worked with teachers and students in Grades 6 through 12 for the past 16 years. Findings stem from an analysis of end-of-year experience surveys and interview transcripts of six students (three young men and three young women) who participated in high school InvenTeams®. The data were used to investigate three topics: 1) ways high school students who have participated on an InvenTeam conceptualize the term "failure" and what it means to "learn from failure," 2) what supported and constrained the work of the three young women during their InvenTeams experience and the implications for policy makers concerned about the gender gap in patenting, and 3) ways the young men and young women took up (or didn't take up) the identity of "inventor" after working on a team that developed a working prototype of an invention during the previous school year.

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