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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okr-10986-119742021-04-23T14:02:58Z Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach Mattoo, Aaditya Neagu, Ileana Cristina Özden, Çağlar 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 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. 2012-12-11T23:00:19Z 2012-12-11T23:00:19Z 2012-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520421/performance-skilled-migrants-dynamic-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11974 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6140 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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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 |
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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 Mattoo, Aaditya Neagu, Ileana Cristina Özden, Çağlar Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6140 |
| description |
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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Mattoo, Aaditya Neagu, Ileana Cristina Özden, Çağlar |
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Mattoo, Aaditya Neagu, Ileana Cristina Özden, Çağlar |
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Mattoo, Aaditya |
| title |
Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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Performance of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. : A Dynamic Approach |
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performance of skilled migrants in the u.s. : a dynamic approach |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16520421/performance-skilled-migrants-dynamic-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11974 |
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