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Title: The Effect of College Major on Labor Market Outcomes of Chinese Immigrants

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Education is a crucial factor that determines labor market outcomes, especially for immigrants. This paper specifically examines the undergraduate major choice for Chinese immigrants and its relationship to their labor market outcome. Compared to other Asian groups and the mainstream society, Chinese immigrants are uniquelycongregated in business and science categories. The level of popularity to a major is positively related to their labor market outcome. This finding reveals the currentpremarket educational investment pattern for Chinese immigrants and adds to the existing literature by focusing on how detail education quality in terms of major relatesto labor market performance.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13132-014-0199-2

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Authors: Yang, Guanyi

Periodical (Full): Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Issue: 4

Volume: 6

Pages: 1138-1162

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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