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The Education and Work Profiles of the DACA Population
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients hold higher-skilled jobs and more education than unauthorized peers—gains DACA program termination would largely reverse.
Immigrants and the New Brain Gain: Ways to Leverage Rising Educational Attainment
Nearly half of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 2011 and 2015 held college degrees, triple the 1990 share. Yet close to 2 million remain underemployed.
New Brain Gain: Rising Human Capital among Recent Immigrants to the United States
The share of recently arrived immigrants who are college educated nearly doubled from the late 1980s to 2011–15, driven by growing flows from Asia and global gains in educational attainment.
Reducing Integration Barriers Facing Foreign-Trained Immigrants: Policy and Practice Lessons from Across the United States
Marking the release of an MPI report, researchers and practitioners on this webinar discuss brain waste among college-educated immigrants and initiatives that ease the barriers foreign-educated newcomers confront with regards to credential recognition, employment, and relicensure, as well as recent policy developments and ongoing challenges in the field.
Unlocking Skills: Successful Initiatives for Integrating Foreign-Trained Immigrant Professionals
Effective programs exist to reduce brain waste among foreign-trained professionals in the United States, but rigid licensing laws and employer bias are stubborn system-level barriers.
Hanging in the Balance: The Future of DACA and the Dreamers
As the Trump administration assumes office and the impacts of rescinding DACA are under review, MPI hosts a discussion with University of California President Janet Napolitano; Donald Graham, cofounder of TheDream.Us; and Ike Brannon, Visiting Fellow at the CATO Institute.
To Stay or Not To Stay: The Calculus for International STEM Students in the United States
International students were one-third of all U.S. STEM doctorates in 2013. Yet rigid visa pathways and green-card backlogs pushed many to consider other countries, harming U.S. competitiveness.
Doctors as Taxi Drivers: The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in the United States
A report release and presentation of first-ever U.S. estimates on the actual economic costs of skill underutilization for immigrants, their families, and the U.S. economy, in terms of forgone earnings and unrealized federal, state, and local taxes.
Brain Waste: Researchers Discuss Economic Costs of Skill Underutilization among Highly Skilled Immigrants
What does it cost the U.S. economy when college-educated immigrants cannot find work at their skill level?
The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Select States
Brain waste among highly skilled immigrants costs U.S. states billions in forgone earnings annually, with Florida posting the highest underutilization rate, as these state fact sheets show.
