There is, by the way, a possible out from this argument in the case of high-skill immigrants.
Similarly, why do we see such concentration of high-skill industries in high-cost cities?
As an example, the authors note that most high-skill jobs require only a high-school education in conjunction with on-the-job training.
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The best work seems to show that high-skill immigrants help the long run problem, but low-skill immigrants make the situation worse.
We should be developing those renewable energy sources, and creating those high-wage, high-skill jobs right here in the United States of America.
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It lumps together investment banking, a high-tech and pretty high-skill business, with estate agents, where knaves with badly written brochures still prosper.
Consequently, low-skill immigrants enable us to gain more benefits from high-skill people.
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In Britain and America, low-skill wages have fallen relative to high-skill wages.
And as a result, young people can find work, GE can fill high-skill positions, and the entire region has become more attractive to businesses.
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My Administration is committed to enhancing American education by raising standards, making higher education more affordable, and preparing students for high-skill jobs and civic participation.
However, we all know that in today's economy, a high school diploma is usually not enough to prepare students for the high-skill, high-paying jobs of the 21st century.
According to MyVisaJobs.com, a news and information portal for high-skill labor worldwide, these are the top 15 importers of knowledge workers and what they are paying them, on average.
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By easing immigration for high-skill workers -- many of them trained in the United States at taxpayer expense -- we get a return on our investment and retain industrious and innovative people.
But once here, even the most talented students are not assured that they will receive visas enabling them to work following graduation, and high-skill workers and entrepreneurs have no sure path to citizenship.
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At issue in the U.S. are high-skill worker visas called H-1B that have been dubbed the "outsourcing visa" by critics who say the system allows companies to bring in cheaper tech workers from abroad instead of hiring Americans.
America especially needs high-skill workers.
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Now, a lot of the outsourcing that was referred to in the question really has to do with the fact that our economy -- if it's dependent on low-wage, low-skill labor, it's very hard to hang on to those jobs because there's always a country out there that pays lower wages than the U.S. And so we've got to go after the high-skill, high-wage jobs of the future.
They are technically very good because they are fit and have a high skill level - watch them play and you will see how it's done.
But the rough is only marginally thicker than at some regular Tour events and winning the Players does not require the same level of skill, high-wire daring and mental endurance that winning a major does.
You may get a sense of self-satisfaction, or a high-five at most, for demonstrating great skill and prowess in a video game, but rarely will you get cash.
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In fact, the largest portion of jobs in our labor market (nearly half) require some kind of technical training beyond a high school diploma, and these "middle-skill" jobs are experiencing the greatest shortages of skilled workers.
Indian outsourcing companies now use more than one-third of the 65, 000 high skill visas allowed under U.S. regulations.
Davis, the erstwhile 6-foot-2 high school guard, rode a growth and skill spurt to a starring role in the NCAA championship game and the likely overall No. 1 spot in June's NBA draft.
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That is something critics of high skill immigration have supported, since it would encourage foreign-born professionals to change employers the same as U.S. workers.
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Federal sentencing is a macabre game of skill where, paradoxically, the high score is a worst-case scenario, and much easier to achieve than the low score.
We also need to have better macroeconomic policy that ensures full employment so that wages are high for everyone, and we need to reemphasize the trades and other mid-skill service jobs, and decredentialize, delicence, our economy, so that there are many things you can do without a piece of paper.
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And there are direct economic consequences of high and low performing education systems, the study says, particularly in a globalised, skill-based economy.
Wages: With the economy already at high unemployment levels, wages for employees with the skill sets of those previously employed by Wal-Mart would likely decrease for some time.
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