1. The H-1B Program and Labor Certification:
Attestation and PERM
UC Davis
Friday, January 18, 2008
Stan Sorscher
x 117

2. Employment Trends at Boeing

3. Age profiles for
Engineers and
technicians

5. Employment Trends in Aerospace

7. in engineering and computing
Employment situation
in engineering and computing

8. Employment growth is OK overall,
not great

9. No wage pressure

16. Pre-Globalization Post-Globalization
Interests
roughly aligned
Globalization drives
interests apart
Government policy would be a third circle. Imagine how the government circle aligns in the case of Japan, China, Russia, Sweden or other countries.
The power and efficiency of markets only serve the public interest only to the extent that the two circles align. The goal of policy is to drive the two circles back together.
Investors
Public
Public
Investors

17. Globalization benefits consumers by lowering prices
Globalization benefits consumers by lowering prices. Adjusting income using CPI adjusts for inflation and any effect of lower prices over time. The net result - flat real incomes.

18. Whoa - some boats broke away from the pack.

19. Scale X 5
Scale X 5, again
"Income factor" = 1, when
the income share for that population equals the size share of that population
Policy works - WWII tax policy to pay for the war, then post-Reagan tax policy let the lid off
…"Trickle-down" works
for the guys at the top!