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Giovanni Peri's Commentary on the Employment Rate of Foreign-Born Residents Featured in KSL News

Foreign-born residents had higher rates of full-time employment than those born in the United States last year, and naturalized immigrants were more likely to have advanced degrees than the native-born, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Usually immigrants start off in the U.S. lagging behind a bit in terms of income, as they need to find the right job, learn local skills and so on and then catch up," said Giovanni Peri, an economist at the University of California, Davis. "Immigrants also are very different among each other, and those naturalized may be a selection of those more educated and with better jobs."

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