“Less Documented” Immigrants and the Changing U.S. Economy

Health Affairs On Health Care Unauthorized Immigrants Spend Less Than Other Immigrants And US Natives

Unauthorized immigrants and other immigrants who have been in the United States for less than five years have few options for accessing health care through public programs. In light of the ongoing national debate about immigration reform and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on immigrants, we examined differences in health care spending by nativity and legal status using Medical Expenditure...

Sustaining Moore's law and the US economy

COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Semiconductors are indispensable to the modern economy. The semiconductor— through its synchronous increase in power and decline in price—has contributed significantly to the United States’ economic growth over the past decade.1,2 The technological advances spurred by this regular and predictable rate of growth in power (as described by Moore’s law) have enhan...

The Changing Economy of the Rural Heartland

T he economy of the rural, or nonmetropolitan, Heartland has undergone great change over the past 15 years. Deep recessions in agriculture and energy, restructuring in manufacturing, and the emergence of the service industry are just some of the forces that have reshaped the rural economy of the nation’s midsection. Having shared in this economic transition and now facing a common economic futu...

The Changing Structure of the Australian Economy and Monetary Policy

BULLETIN | M A R C H Q UA R T E R 2012 I would like to begin by thanking the AiGroup for the invitation to once again speak at the annual Economic Forum. When I spoke at last year’s Forum, the title of my remarks was ‘Changing Relative Prices and the Structure of the Australian Economy’. Today, I would like to revisit this topic of structural change, first talking about some of the adjustments ...

Human Capital and the Changing Structure of the Indian Economy