![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kirkegaard on US Competitiveness and Immigration Policy - The Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute released a new study entitled The Accelerating Decline in America's High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy at a meeting on March 27, 2008. Author Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, research associate at the Institute, discussed problems confronting US competitiveness due to the lack of high-skilled education programs and the related need to expand the H-1B visa and other high-skilled immigration programs... Keywords: Jacob Kirkegaard; immigration; immigration policy; High skill labor; competition; US workforce Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kirkegaard on US Competitiveness and Immigration Policy - The Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute released a new study entitled The Accelerating Decline in America’s High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy at a meeting on March 27, 2008. Author Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, research associate at the Institute, discussed problems confronting US competitiveness due to the lack of high-skilled education programs and the related need to expand the H-1B visa and other high-skilled immigration programs... Keywords: Jacob Kirkegaard; immigration; immigration policy; High skill labor; competition; US workforce Downloads: 18 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Peterson Perspectives: Pensions, the Financial Crisis, and Lessons from Abroad - Peterson Institute for International Economics Jacob Kirkegaard, coauthor of US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries, assesses the vulnerabilities of the American pension system and how other countries are tackling the same problems. Keywords: keywords: social security; pension; United States; Jacob Kirkegaard; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics Downloads: 277 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Kirkegaard on US Competitiveness and Immigration Policy - The Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute released a new study entitled The Accelerating Decline in America’s High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy at a meeting on March 27, 2008. Author Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, research associate at the Institute, discussed problems confronting US competitiveness due to the lack of high-skilled education programs and the related need to expand the H-1B visa and other high-skilled immigration programs... Keywords: Jacob Kirkegaard; immigration; immigration policy; High skill labor; competition; US workforce Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Peterson Perspectives: What to Expect at Copenhagen - Peterson Institute for International Ecnomics Jacob Funk Kirkegaard says that after scaling back expectations, the climate summit will likely yield a political agreement to curb carbon emissionsâmaking progress toward an eventual agreement. Keywords: Copenhagen Summit; climate change; carbon emissions; Jacob Kirkegaard; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics; PIIE |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Event: US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries, Q&A - Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics released its new book US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries by Martin Neil Baily, Brookings Institution; and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, PIIE, at an event held February 18, 2009. Keywords: Social Security; pensions; pension reform; Social Security reform; retirement income; Jacob Kirkegaard; Martin Baily; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics Downloads: 7 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Event: US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard - Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics released its new book US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries by Martin Neil Baily, Brookings Institution; and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, PIIE, at an event held February 18, 2009. Keywords: Social Security; pensions; pension reform; Social Security reform; retirement income; Jacob Kirkegaard; Martin Baily; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics Downloads: 14 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Event Podcast: US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries - Peterson Institute for International Economics The Institute released its new book US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries by former Senior Fellow Martin Neil Baily, now at the Brookings Institution, and Research Fellow Jacob Funk Kirkegaard at an event held February 18, 2009. The new study analyzes the policy responses by other developed countries to the problems now facing Social Security and the US pension system and derives an extensive list of the lessons learned from their approach to the problems of ageing populations and assu... Keywords: Social Security; pensions; pension reform; Social Security reform; retirement income; Jacob Kirkegaard; Martin Baily; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics Downloads: 139 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Event: US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries - Martin Neil Baily The Peterson Institute for International Economics released its new book US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries by Martin Neil Baily, Brookings Institution; and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, PIIE, at an event held February 18, 2009. Keywords: Social Security; pensions; pension reform; Social Security reform; retirement income; Jacob Kirkegaard; Martin Baily; Peterson Institute; Institute for International Economics Downloads: 17 |