Early patterns of skill acquisition and immigrants' specialization in STEM careers.
Published
Journal Article
We provide empirical evidence of immigrants' specialization in skill acquisition well before entering the US labor market. Nationally representative datasets enable studying the academic trajectories of immigrant children, with a focus on high-school course-taking patterns and college major choice. Immigrant children accumulate skills in ways that reinforce comparative advantages in nonlanguage intensive skills such as mathematics and science, and this contributes to their growing numbers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. These results are compatible with well-established models of skill formation that emphasize dynamic complementarities of investments in learning.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Rangel, MA; Shi, Y
Published Date
- January 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 116 / 2
Start / End Page
- 484 - 489
PubMed ID
- 30598440
Pubmed Central ID
- 30598440
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1091-6490
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0027-8424
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1073/pnas.1812041116
Language
- eng