2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Purpose This study investigates how working-age Asian immigrants''
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educational attainment and professional abilities when arriving in the
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United States have evolved over the past 4 decades and draws inferences
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on the impact of the US employment based visa policies.
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Design/methodology/approach Using data from the 1980, 1990 and 2000
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census and American Community Survey for 2001 to 2019, the study adopts
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multivariate regression and regression discontinuity design to
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investigate the trends in educational and occupation selection among
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Asian immigrants and the association with policy changes in the H1B visa
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program. Findings The findings suggest that new Asian immigrants were
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more positively selected for education than non-Asian immigrants and US
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natives and this pattern of positive selection increased over time.
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Newly arrived South Asian and East Asian immigrants had the highest
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share of highly educated professionals than Southeast Asians and US-born
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persons. I infer that the enactment and changes in the H1-B program
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might have contributed to the changing patterns of the educational and
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occupational selection among East and South Asian Immigrants. The
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results also shed light on how Asian immigrants'' skill selection might
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be related to the size of Asian diasporas in the US and sending
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countries'' income, inequality and education level. Originality/value The
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story of changing the skill profile (educational and occupational
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profile) of newly arrived Asian immigrants during 1980-2019 can provide
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valuable policy implications. US immigration policies are routinely
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criticized for being inefficient and outdated. The economic prosperity
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of Asian countries over time also provides an excellent opportunity to
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test the theories pertaining to how sending countries'' income,
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inequality and education level of the population are associated with
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Asian migrants'' education and occupation when arriving in the US. This
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study can provide insightful perspectives for policymakers and business
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decision-makers to adapt to the changing demographics of Asian migrant
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workers. The most recent reports on Asian immigrants in the US
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highlighted the aggregated trends of migration flow and education.
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Still, none have provided a longitudinal and nuanced review of Asian
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immigrants'' educational and occupational selection into the US.'
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affiliation: 'Huang, XN (Corresponding Author), Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med,
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Chicago, IL 60611 USA.
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Huang, Xiaoning, Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.'
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author: Huang, Xiaoning
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author-email: jack.huang@northwestern.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Huang
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given: Xiaoning
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/IJM-08-2021-0488
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earlyaccessdate: AUG 2022
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eissn: 1758-6577
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files: []
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issn: 0143-7720
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
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keywords: 'Immigration; Immigration in the US; Immigration policy; Immigration
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theory'
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keywords-plus: 'SELF-SELECTION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; IMMIGRANT; DRAIN; INEQUALITY;
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EMPLOYMENT'
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language: English
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month: MAY 1
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '46'
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orcid-numbers: Huang, Xiaoning/0000-0001-5813-5993
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pages: 373-402
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papis_id: 136dd1bfeecd6174ce8c620cf028a8b0
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ref: Huang2023braingain
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researcherid-numbers: Huang, Xiaoning/HHN-7229-2022
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Brain gain from Asia: educational and occupational selection of Asian migrants
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into the United States'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000846887800001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '0'
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volume: '44'
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web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
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year: '2023'
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