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... (1995, June 1). The Economic Impact of the University of Northern Iowaon the State of Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA: Department of Economics, The University of Northern Iowa.Butler, ... (in terms of expansion of the economic base) can be obtained.This process is diagramed in Figure 1. The newer skill-base approach does not disregard the economic- base ap-proach, ... From this perspective, the economic impact of the univer-sity is dependent on the graduates' decisions not to migrate. The major short-coming of this approach is that...
... plateaus as a percentage ofthe Baseline as weassumegrowthinbothcases is equalin the lasttwoyears.For the PerfectStorm,totalenrolmentnumbersstabiliseat60% of wheretheywouldbeunder the Baselinecase.Figure ... 2012,relativetooutcomesin2010andagainst the Baseline. The mostimmediatemeasure ofthe impact of lowerinternationalstudentnumbers is interms of overallexpenditureinAustraliaassociated with their studies, either ... under the Sideways scenario reaches 85% ofthe Baselineequivalentin2015.UnderTrough,enrolmentsreach78% of Baselineprojectionsin2014. As in the Sideways scenario, the Trough...
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... investing in the education of America’syoungest learners has emerged as one ofthe mostpromising ways to help strengthen the future economic and fiscal position of our states and nation. As the United ... program site.190 The intensity ofthe servicesprovided, the skills ofthe home visitors, and the content ofthe home visiting curriculum all dictateprogram effectiveness. Home visiting services ... benefitsexceeding the cost ofthe program.111FISCAL BENEFITS TO STATES AND THE NATION The economic benefits of preschool programs canhave a real fiscal impact for the United States.27* The estimated...
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... foreign-born worker they would like to hire. This suggests there is a link between H-1B visas and employer-sponsored permanent immigration, in that decreases in the supply of visas for one of these categories ... reform is one ofthe most divisive issues confronting U.S. policymakers. The rise in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States over the past ten years—from five to twelve million—has ... scarcer the skills ofthe incoming immigrants. A given type of worker may be scarce either because the U.S. supply of his skill type is low relative to the rest ofthe world, as with workers...
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... this gap has widened as a result oftheeconomic crisis. Some ofthe gap results from easily measurable differences between the two groups; some derives from less tangible differences such as ... Naturalization: A Passport to Better Integration. Naturalized citizens appear to have weathered the effects oftheeconomic crisis more successfully. 6MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE The Economic Value of Citizenship ... signal of good integration into US society or otherwise discriminate against noncitizens when hiring. This report analyzes the impact of naturalization on immigrants, as well asthe motivations...