The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States

Gilles Saint-Paul ()

No 1310, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are overrepresented compared with the source country, more so when one moves up the skill ladder.

Keywords: brain drain; migration; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-09
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