TY - GEN
T1 - Are Asian immigrant engineers the same? Earning differences among Asian immigrant engineers in the U.S. by nationality
AU - Tao, Yu
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study compares the earnings of U.S.- and Asian-educated Asian immigrant engineers of various nationalities as well as relative to U.S.-born, U.S.-educated whites and Asian Americans. Results confirm internal differences among Asian immigrant engineers and lend support to region-specific human capital theory regarding the influence of economic status of and the use of English in the country of origin on earnings of immigrant workers.
AB - This study compares the earnings of U.S.- and Asian-educated Asian immigrant engineers of various nationalities as well as relative to U.S.-born, U.S.-educated whites and Asian Americans. Results confirm internal differences among Asian immigrant engineers and lend support to region-specific human capital theory regarding the influence of economic status of and the use of English in the country of origin on earnings of immigrant workers.
KW - Asian Immigrant Engineers
KW - Earnings
KW - Region-Specific Human Capital
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U2 - 10.1109/ACSIP.2011.6064488
DO - 10.1109/ACSIP.2011.6064488
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81255167423
SN - 9781457713910
T3 - 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy: Building Capacity for Scientific Innovation and Outcomes, ACSIP 2011, Proceedings
BT - 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy
T2 - 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy: Building Capacity for Scientific Innovation and Outcomes, ACSIP 2011
Y2 - 15 September 2011 through 17 September 2011
ER -