{"id":63236,"date":"2012-03-21T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T15:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/03\/21\/iii-the-economic-recovery-for-native-born-and-foreign-born-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:11:50","slug":"iii-the-economic-recovery-for-native-born-and-foreign-born-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/03\/21\/iii-the-economic-recovery-for-native-born-and-foreign-born-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"III. The Economic Recovery for Native-born and Foreign-born Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign-born workers are experiencing a faster rate of growth in employment in the economic recovery than are native-born workers. From the fourth quarter of 2009 to the fourth quarter of 2011, the employment of foreign-born workers rose from 21.5 million to 22.6 million, an increase of 5.2%. Also, their employment level at the end of 2011 was back to where it stood before the recession (22.5 million).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For native-born workers, employment increased from 116.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 to 118.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. This is an increase of 1.8%, well below the rate of growth in employment of foreign-born workers. Also, the employment of native-born workers at the end of 2011 was nearly 5 million less than its level before the recession began (123.4 million).<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13356\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/2012-phc-labor-report-09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"394\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference in the rate of growth in employment between native-born and foreign-born workers is roughly in line with the difference in the growth in their working-age populations during the recovery. From 2009 to 2011, the native-born working-age population increased 1.4% (2.9 million) and the foreign-born population increased 3.8% (1.3 million). Thus, the distribution of new jobs in the recovery across nativity groups\u201435% foreign born; 65% native born\u2014was in keeping with the changes in the population\u201432% foreign born; 68% native born.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13357\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/03\/2012-phc-labor-report-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"486\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the employment of foreign-born workers is growing only slightly faster than their population, the recovery in their employment rate is far from complete. For immigrants, the employment rate fell from 65.1% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 60.7% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The rate rose to 61.6% in the fourth quarter of 2011, still 3.6 percentage points less than its pre-recession level.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trend in the employment rate for native-born workers is similar. It plunged from 62.7% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 58.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009. During the recovery, the native-born employment rate edged up only slightly, standing at 58.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011. Thus, the current employment rate for native-born workers is 4.4 percentage points less than its level prior to the recession.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unemployment rates for native-born and foreign-born workers were virtually the same at the start of the recession\u20144.6% and 4.5%, respectively. By the time the labor market reached its trough in the fourth quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate for immigrants had risen to 10.1% and the rate for the native born had climbed to 9.5%. The unemployment rate for both groups has fallen in the recovery, but the rate for immigrants\u20148.7%\u2014is still higher than the rate for the native-born\u20148.3%.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign-born workers are experiencing a faster rate of growth in employment in the economic recovery than are native-born workers. From the fourth quarter of 2009 to the fourth quarter of 2011, the employment of foreign-born workers rose from 21.5 million to 22.6 million, an increase of 5.2%. 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