The location of foreign human capital in the United States

"Among the millions of newcomers entering the United States every decade, those with extensive human capital are of particular importance for local economies. This study uses data from the American Community Surveys, 2004 to 2007 and compares the locational patterns of highly educated individua...

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Published in:Economic development quarterly 2011-11, Vol.25 (4), p.330-340
Main Author: Waldorf, Brigitte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Community Surveys
Arbeitnehmer
Ausländer
Binnenwanderung
Choices
Comparative analysis
Economic development
Economic geography
Economics
Einwanderer
Einwanderung
Einwanderungspolitik
Geographic distribution
Graduates
Higher education
Hoch Qualifizierter
Human Capital
Humankapital
Immigration
Inländer
Internal migration
International migration
Labor economics
Labour migration
Local economy
Location
Location of industry
Manufacturing
Migrants
Migration
Motivation
Qualifikationsstruktur
Regionalverteilung
Social surveys
Standortfaktor
Studies
Surveys
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
Urban agglomeration
USA
Wirtschaftssystem
Ziel
Zuwanderung
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Summary:"Among the millions of newcomers entering the United States every decade, those with extensive human capital are of particular importance for local economies. This study uses data from the American Community Surveys, 2004 to 2007 and compares the locational patterns of highly educated individuals coming from abroad with that of highly educated individuals migrating internally. The study finds that the locational choices of highly educated newcomers from abroad are similar to those of highly educated domestic migrants but that there are some important differences. Gateway states are substantially more successful in attracting human capital from abroad than domestic human capital; foreign human capital is more strongly attracted to existing human capital agglomerations than domestic human capital; and a manufacturing-based industry is a deterrent for the attraction of both foreign and domestic highly educated in-migrants, but the deterrent effect is stronger for domestic human capital than for human capital from abroad." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2004 bis 2007.
ISSN:0891-2424
1552-3543
DOI:10.1177/0891242411416112