Neagu, Ileana CristinaÖzden, ÇağlarMattoo, Aaditya2012-12-112012-12-112012-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11974The 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOARMED CONFLICTASSIMILATION OF IMMIGRANTSATTRITIONBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBRAIN WASTECENSUS DATACENSUSESCOMPENSATIONCOMPLICATIONSCOUNTRIES OF ORIGINCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCURRENT POPULATIONDEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDOMESTIC LABORDOMESTIC LABOR MARKETDRIVERSEARNINGEARNINGS GROWTHEARNINGS OF IMMIGRANTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PROGRESSECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATIONEDUCATED MIGRANTSEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL LEVELEDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSEMIGRATIONEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT STATUSFAMILY REUNIFICATIONGENDER DIFFERENCESHIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONHOME COUNTRIESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL CHARACTERISTICSHUMAN RESOURCESIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION POLICYINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWJOBSLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENTLABOR MARKET CONDITIONSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKETSLABOR RELATIONSLEGAL IMMIGRANTSLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONMEDIA COVERAGEMIGRANT POPULATIONMIGRATIONMIGRATION COSTSMIGRATION FLOWSMORTALITYMORTALITY RATENATIONAL ORIGINNATIVE WORKERSNUMBER OF PEOPLENURSESOCCUPATIONAL MOBILITYPERMANENT RESIDENCEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION CENTERPOPULATION REFERENCE BUREAUPOPULATION TRENDSPOTENTIAL MIGRANTSPREVIOUS SECTIONPREVIOUS STUDIESPROGRESSPUBLIC POLICYQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRATE OF GROWTHRECENT IMMIGRANTSRESPECTRETURN MIGRATIONROLE OF MIGRATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECRETARIESSKILL LEVELSSKILLED MIGRANTSSKILLED OCCUPATIONSKILLED OCCUPATIONSSKILLED PEOPLESOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL COSTSSPARSELY POPULATED AREASTERTIARY EDUCATIONUNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTSUNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTSUNSKILLED JOBSVISASWORK EXPERIENCEWORK FORCEWORKERWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6140