report | Jun 4, 2008
Due mainly to a slump in the construction industry, the unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. rose to 6.5% in the first quarter of 2008, well above the 4.7% rate for all non-Hispanics.
report | Aug 21, 2007
Foreign-born Latinos, especially the newly arrived, were much less likely to be low-wage earners in 2005 than in 1995.
report | Sep 27, 2006
The Hispanic unemployment rate reached a historic low in the second quarter of 2006.
report | Aug 10, 2006
Rapid increases in the foreign-born population at the state level are not associated with negative effects on the employment of native-born workers.
report | Dec 15, 2005
Hispanics and whites perform different types of work in the labor market. Moreover, the occupational divide between the two largest segments of the labor force appears to be widening.
report | Dec 6, 2005
The vast majority of undocumented migrants from Mexico were gainfully employed before they left for the United States. Thus, failure to find work at home does not seem to be the primary reason that the estimated 6.3 million undocumented migrants from Mexico have come to the U.S.
report | Jul 26, 2005
The Hispanic population is growing faster in much of the South than anywhere else in the United States.
report | May 2, 2005
Hispanic workers enjoyed significant gains in employment in 2004. But the concentration of Latinos in relatively low-skill occupations contributed to reduced earnings for them for the second year in a row.
report | Oct 18, 2004
Hispanic households have less than ten cents for every dollar in wealth owned by White households.
report | Jun 16, 2004
The "jobless recovery" may have turned around, but gains for Latinos have not been widespread. Immigrant Latinos, especially the most recent arrivals, have captured the most jobs.