The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Oregon

Author: 
Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Jeanne Batalova & Michael Fix
Date of Publication: 
June, 2017
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute

Oregon was home to nearly 400,000 immigrants, 55,000 of whom had at least a bachelor's degree in 2009-13. More than one-quarter (27 percent) of these highly skilled immigrants were either working in low-skilled jobs or unemployed. As a result of this skill underutilization, they did not realize about $272 million in annual expected earnings, resulting in nearly $28 million in forgone yearly state and local tax revenue.

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Citation: 

Ruiz Soto, A. G., Batalova, J., & Fix, M. (2017). The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in Oregon. Migration Policy Institute, World Education Services, and New American Economy. Retrived from https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/costs-brain-waste-among-highly-skilled-immigrants-select-states

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