The Effect of Occupational Choice on the Earnings of College Educated Immigrants from China, India, the Philippines and Mexico

Paige Maynard and Michael Seeborg
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Paige Maynard: Illinois Wesleyan University

Journal of Economic Insight, 2014, vol. 40, issue 2, 19-35

Abstract: An interesting characteristic of the US labor market is the concentration of immigrants into occupational niches. For example, among college educated immigrants, Filipinos are very likely to be employed as healthcare practitioners, especially as registered nurses, Chinese as scientists and financial specialists, Indians as engineers and in computing and mathematical occupations. This paper uses 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data to estimate earnings functions to see if there are significant economic consequences to immigrants when they choose niche occupations. OLS regression results suggest that choosing to work in occupational niches does significantly influence earnings of college educated immigrants, but that the effects differ across immigrant groups.

JEL-codes: J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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