Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP4680
Authors: Gilles Saint-Paul
Abstract: This Paper uses US Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labour 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 over-represented compared with the source country, more so, when one moves up the skill ladder.
Keywords: brain drain; Europe; migration
JEL Codes: J31; J61
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Brain drain (F22) | Increase in relative wage of skilled labor (F66) |
| Brain drain (F22) | Decrease in GDP per capita (O49) |
| Higher skill composition of expatriates (F22) | Higher wage premium (J31) |
| Brain drain (F22) | Increase in inequality (D31) |