Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market
Subtitle: a dynamic approach
By: Ileana Cristina Neagu.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper -- 4891; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 4891.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Industrial relations; Emigration and immigration
Description: "The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S.  labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account.  Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S.  Censuses, this study 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 levels.  Nevertheless, the magnitude of convergence suggests full catch-up is unlikely.  Country specific attributes are found to have less direct impact on the rate of assimilation than on the initial performance. "--World Bank web site.
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