Professional Reports by Others

Professional reports by others posted to the DPE website are for informational purposes only. They do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the report, its views or reported data by DPE, the AFL-CIO or any related body.

	Immigration / H1B / High Tech / Teachers / Nurses
►	Employment-Based Immigration: Creating a Flexible and Simple System
►	Hira Bridge to Immigration or Temporary Cheap Labor
►	U.S. Department of Homeland Security-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services cover letters regarding Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B)
►	FY 2008 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) Annual Report
►	FY 2007 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) Annual Report
►	FY 2006 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) Annual Report
►	FY 2005 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) Annual Report
►	FY 2008 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Report on H-1B Petitions
►	FY 2007 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Report on H-1B Petitions
►	FY 2006 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Report on H-1B Petitions
►	FY 2005 – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Report on H-1B Petitions
►	Fitz, Marshall. Prosperous Immigrants, Prosperous Americans: How to Welcome the World’s Best Educated, Boost Economic Growth, and Create Jobs. Rep. 2009
►	Barber, Randy. Report to the National Education Association on the Trends in Foreign Teacher Recruitment. Rep. National Education Association and the Center for Economic Organizing, 2003
►	H-1B Foreign Workers: Better Controls Needed to Help Employers and Protect Workers. Rep. no. 00-157. Government Accountability Office, Sept. 2000
►	H-1B Foreign Workers: Better Tracking Needed to Help Determine H-1B Program's Effects on U.S. Workforce. Rep. no. 03-883. Government Accountability Office, Sept. 2003
►	H-1B Visa Program: Labor Could Improve Its Oversight and Increase Information Sharing with Homeland Security. Rep. no. GAO-06-720. United States Government Accountability Office, June 2006
►	Importing Educators: Causes and Consequences of International Teacher Recruitment. Rep. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers, 2009
►	Lowell, B. Lindsay, Hal Salzman, Hamutal Bernstein, and Everett Henderson. Steady as She Goes? Three Generations of Students through the Science and Engineering Pipeline. Rep. Rutgers: John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, 27 Oct. 2009
►	Marshall, Ray. Immigration for Shared Prosperity. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, 2009
►	Pittman, Patricia; Folsom, Amanda; Bass, Emily; Leonhardy, Kathryn. U.S.-Based International Nurse Recruitment: Structure and Practices of a Burgeoning Industry. Rep. November 2007
►	Wasem, Ruth E. Immigration: Legislative Issues on Non-immigrant professional specialty workers (H-1B) workers. Rep. no. RL30498. Congressional Research Service, 12 June 2001
►	Wasem, Ruth E. Immigration: Legislative Issues on Non-immigrant professional specialty workers (H-1B) workers. Rep. no. RL30498. Congressional Research Service, 23 May 2007
	Arts & Entertainment
►	Arts and Economic Prosperity III: the Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Organizations and their Audiences, Rep. Americans for the Arts, May 2009
►	Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008, Research Note 97. National Endowment for the Arts, March 2009
►	Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005, Rep.48, National Endowment for the Arts, May 2008
►	Nichols, Bonnie. Artist Employment, 2005. Research Note 90. National Endowment for the Arts, July 2006
►	Jeffri, Joan. Above Ground: Information on Artists III, Rep. 2008
►	Jeffri, Joan. Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians. Rep. 2003
►	Women Artists: 1990-2005, Research Note 96. National Endowment for the Arts, December, 2008
►	Contingent Workers: Incomes and Benefits Lag Behind Those of Rest of Workforce. Report # GAO/HEHS-00-76. United States Government Accountability Office. June 2000
►	Fisher, Peter, Elaine Ditsler, Colin Gordon, and David West. Non-standard Jobs, Substandard Benefits. The Iowa Policy Project. July 2005
►	Hudson, Ken. Briefing Paper: No Shortage of Non-standard Jobs. Briefing Paper #89. Economic Policy Institute. 9 Jan. 1999
	Library Workers
►	American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA). Salary Surveys. 2006