Publication:
Brain Waste? Educated Immigrants in the US Labor Market

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMattoo, Aaditya
dc.contributor.authorNeagu, Ileana Cristina
dc.contributor.authorOzden, Caglar
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:29:32Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the occupational placement of immigrants in the US labor market using census data. We find striking differences among highly educated immigrants from different countries, even after we control for individuals' age, experience, and level of education. With some exceptions, educated immigrants from Latin American and Eastern European countries are more likely to end up in unskilled jobs than immigrants from Asia and industrial countries. A large part of the variation can be explained by attributes of the country of origin that influence the quality of human capital, such as expenditure on tertiary education and the use of English as a medium of instruction. These findings suggest that "underplaced" migrants suffer primarily from low (or poorly transferable) skills rather than skill underutilization. The selection effects of US immigration policy also play an important role in explaining cross-country variation. The observed under-placement of educated migrants might be alleviated if home and host countries cooperate by sharing information on labor market conditions and work toward the recognition of qualifications.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Economics
dc.identifier.issn03043878
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4748
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectInternational Migration F220
dc.subjectAnalysis of Education I210
dc.subjectHuman Capital
dc.subjectSkills
dc.subjectOccupational Choice
dc.subjectLabor Productivity J240
dc.subjectGeographic Labor Mobility
dc.subjectImmigrant Workers J610
dc.titleBrain Waste? Educated Immigrants in the US Labor Marketen
dc.title.alternativeJournal of Development Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1220
okr.journal.nbpages255-269
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryUnited States
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.05.001
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eoh&AN=0996335&site=ehost-live
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505546/description#description
okr.volume87
relation.isAuthorOfPublication3e463276-f18e-583e-b24b-62cb59e6ed6b
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery3e463276-f18e-583e-b24b-62cb59e6ed6b
Files
Collections
Journal articles published externally