Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach
The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the United States labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other individual factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Usin...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520421/performance-skilled-migrants-dynamic-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11974 |
| Summary: | The initial occupational placements of
male immigrants in the United States labor market vary
significantly by country of origin even when education and
other individual factors are taken into account. Does the
heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980,
1990, and 2000 Censuses, this paper finds that the
performance of migrants from countries with lower initial
occupational placement levels improves at a higher rate
compared with that of migrants originating from countries
with higher initial performance levels. Nevertheless, the
magnitude of convergence suggests that full catch-up is
unlikely. The impact of country specific attributes on the
immigrants' occupational placement occurs mainly
through their effect on initial performance and they lose
significance when initial occupational levels are controlled
for in the estimation. |
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