• DocumentCode
    2129722
  • Title

    Are asian immigrant engineers the same? earning differences among Asian immigrant engineers in the U.S. by nationality

  • Author

    Tao, Yu

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Arts & Letters, Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-17 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    employment; personnel; prejudicial factors; remuneration; Asian Americans; Asian immigrant engineers; English; U.S. educated whites; earning differences; economic status; immigrant workers; nationality; region specific human capital theory; Economics; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering profession; Humans; Remuneration; Asian Immigrant Engineers; Earnings; Region-Specific Human Capital;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Science and Innovation Policy, 2011 Atlanta Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • ISSN
    2159-189X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1390-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2159-189X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACSIP.2011.6064488
  • Filename
    6064488