Performance of skilled migrants in the U.S.: A dynamic approach

Mattoo, Aaditya; Neagu, Ileana Cristina; Özden, Çağlar

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.06.001

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“…In fact, Villarreal (2016) found that low-skilled im mi grants are pos i tively se lected within their or i gin-coun try oc cu pa tion; that is, within the same oc cu pa tion, those who mi grate have more ed u ca tion. In ad di tion, re search has con sis tently found that U.S. em ployers of ten praise and seek out lowskilled im mi grants for their strong work ethic and mo ti va tion (Hermansen 2016;Mattoo et al 2012;Pong and Landale 2012;Waldinger and Lichter 2003). In this way, be cause the United States pro vi des greater oc cu pa tional op por tu ni ties, lowskilled im mi grants' post-ver sus pre mi gra tion oc cu pa tion may bet ter re flect their to tal hu man cap i tal:…”

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U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation

Potochnick

Hall

2021

Demography

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This study provides a national-level assessment of occupational mobility and early-career attainment of children of immigrants based on parents' origin-country occupation. Exploiting unique aspects of the Educational Longitudinal Study, we examine how parent-child U.S. intergenerational occupational mobility patterns and child occupational attainment differ based on parental premigration occupational status (i.e., low- vs. high-skilled) and parental postmigration occupational mobility (i.e., upward, same, or downward). Our results suggest misestimation in intergenerational mobility research if parents' origin-country occupation is excluded. Including parents' origin-country occupation, we find that the children of immigrants are recovering from instances of parental occupational downgrading, building on parental advances, and advancing where parents could not. Furthermore, most children of immigrants do as well or better occupationally than children of non-Hispanic White natives. Strong educational investments help explain this advantage, particularly for children of high-skilled immigrants. However, results indicate that all children of immigrants would attain even more if they faced fewer postmigration barriers, especially children of low-skilled immigrants. These results advance immigrant selection and assimilation theories by demonstrating how pre- and postmigration factors influence occupational attainment of children of immigrants.

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Section: Immigrant Parents' Pre-and Postmigration Occupational Mobilitymentioning

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U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation

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Hall

2021

Demography

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“…Alesina, Harnoss, and Rapoport (2013) argue that people born in different countries may possess diverse productive skills because they have been educated in different school systems and were exposed to different experiences and cultures. Mattoo, Neagu, and Ozden (2012) stress that even when employees have similar educational levels, country-specific attributes may introduce heterogeneity among individuals. Workers of different cultural backgrounds may provide various perspectives and ideas that may stimulate innovation (Keely, 2003;Hong and Page, 2004).…”

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Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

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Peters

Niebuhr

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International Migration Review

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Increasing international labor migration has important effects on the workforce composition of firms in all migrant-receiving countries. The consequences of these changes for firm performance have attracted growing attention in recent years. In this paper, we focus explicitly on the impact of cultural diversity among migrant employees on the innovativeness of firms. We briefly synthesize empirical evidence from a range of contexts across Europe, North America, and New Zealand. We then utilize two unique and harmonized linked employer-employee datasets to provide comparative microeconometric evidence for Germany and the Netherlands. Our panel datasets contain detailed information on the generation of new products and services, determinants of innovation success, and the composition of employment in establishments of firms over the period 1999 to 2006. We find that innovation in both countries is predominantly deter-1 The empirical research reported in this paper was conducted as part of the 2009-2013 Migrant Diversity and Regional Disparity in Europe (MIDI-REDIE) project, funded by the NORFACE-Migration research program, . Financial support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) is also gratefully acknowledged as part of the projects "Diversity and success of organizations" and "Diversity and individual careers." IMR Volume 48 Number S1 (Fall 2014):S377-S416 S377 mined by establishment size and industry. Moreover, obstacles encountered and organizational changes faced by firms drive innovation too. With respect to the composition of employment, the presence of high-skilled staff is most important. Cultural diversity of employees has a positive partial correlation with product innovation. The size and statistical significance of this effect depends on the econometric model specification and the country considered. We conclude from the literature synthesis and the new comparative evidence that cultural diversity of employees can make a positive, but modest and context dependent, contribution to innovation.

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“…Other benefits from international students and skilled immigrants including innovation (Fassio et al, 2019;Albarran et al, 2017;Akcigit et al, 2017a,b;Stephan et al, 2015;Franzoni et al, 2014;Gaule and Piacentini, 2013;Mattoo et al, 2012;Stuen et al, 2012;Kerr and Lincoln, 2010;Hunt and Gauthier Loiselle, 2010;Levin and Stephan, 2009;Chellaraj et al, 2008;Stephan and Levin, 2001) and increased STEM employment for natives (Hanson and Slaughter, 2019) have been confirmed. Finally, a recent study indicates that older US Medicare patients who consulted with foreign born doctors had lower mortality rates than those who consulted with US born doctors.…”

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The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research

Chellaraj¹

2019

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Performance of skilled migrants in the U.S.: A dynamic approach

Cited by 5 publications

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U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation

U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation

Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research

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