[kabar]

I wonder how immigration figures into these statistics. Are they included in the Birth/Death models? 1.2 million permanent LEGAL immigrants enter annually along with about 500,000 illegals.

We bring in 125,000 LEGAL foreign workers a month now thru temporary work visas and permanent immigrants.

[khelus]

I wonder how immigration figures into these statistics. Are they included in the Birth/Death models? 1.2 million permanent LEGAL immigrants enter annually along with about 500,000 illegals.

We bring in 125,000 LEGAL foreign workers a month now thru temporary work visas and permanent immigrants.

There are two sets of BLS employment stats: the Household Survey of individuals and the Payroll Survey of businesses.

Immigrants and illegal aliens would be included in the Household Survey statistics which are used to generate the unemployment rate. While the BLS survey asks if one is foreign born, it does not address legal status. There are categories that break out the numbers of the foreign born.

The Birth and Death model is a statistic model of the jobs created as the result of unreported businesses opened and closed. The results are applied to the Payroll Survey. It would have no reference point to where the job holders were born.

[khelus]

FYI I owe you a correction on

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2856763/posts?page=34#34

I was in error. Shedlock’s description of the Birth and Death model is more accurate.