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? 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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Main Authors:	Mattoo, Aaditya, Neagu, Ileana Cristina, Özden, Çağlar
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-07
Subjects:	ARMED CONFLICT, ASSIMILATION OF IMMIGRANTS, ATTRITION, BENEFITS OF MIGRATION, BRAIN WASTE, CENSUS DATA, CENSUSES, COMPENSATION, COMPLICATIONS, COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, CURRENT POPULATION, DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DOMESTIC LABOR, DOMESTIC LABOR MARKET, DRIVERS, EARNING, EARNINGS GROWTH, EARNINGS OF IMMIGRANTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION, EDUCATED MIGRANTS, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EMIGRATION, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, GENDER DIFFERENCES, HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, HOME COUNTRIES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL CHARACTERISTICS, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION POLICY, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, JOBS, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR RELATIONS, LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, MEDIA COVERAGE, MIGRANT POPULATION, MIGRATION, MIGRATION COSTS, MIGRATION FLOWS, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, NATIVE WORKERS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NURSES, OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY, PERMANENT RESIDENCE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION CENTER, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU, POPULATION TRENDS, POTENTIAL MIGRANTS, PREVIOUS SECTION, PREVIOUS STUDIES, PROGRESS, PUBLIC POLICY, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RATE OF GROWTH, RECENT IMMIGRANTS, RESPECT, RETURN MIGRATION, ROLE OF MIGRATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECRETARIES, SKILL LEVELS, SKILLED MIGRANTS, SKILLED OCCUPATION, SKILLED OCCUPATIONS, SKILLED PEOPLE, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL COSTS, SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS, UNSKILLED JOBS, VISAS, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK FORCE, WORKER,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520421/performance-skilled-migrants-dynamic-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11974
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