The gendered occupational value of a U.S. education for skilled Indian immigrants

Abstract

Gender and nativity remain important axes of stratification in the U.S. labour market. Women and immigrants continue to trail native-born men in earnings and occupational status, and the promise of a college education still falls short in overcoming this gender and nativity gap. On average, men hold more prestigious occupations and earn more than women, and the gender gap in earnings widens at higher levels of educational attainment (DiPrete & Buchmann, 2013;England, 2010). Immigrants with high levels of human capital often experience stalled or