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Title: Emigration of High Level Professionals from Ukraine to the USA

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: Emigration of highly qualified professionals from Ukraine is a serious problem. Several recent surveys have provided useful information about this phenomenon, but their sample size does not allow one to analyze in detail migration to the United States. Data from US population censuses and annual American Community Surveys provides detailed information about the recent migration stream from Ukraine to the US, and allows one to analyze high level professional migrants. According to the US Bureau of the Census there were 63 thousand professionals from Ukraine with university degree in the US in 2010, with three thousands of them Ph.D.s. A significant number of these professionals are working in occupations below their level of education: 35 % Bachelors, 22 % Masters, 40 % Professionals and 12 % Ph.D.s. Persons with doctor degrees have been quite successful in obtaining jobs consistent with their level of education in universities, research institutes and high technology industries. Most of these professionals acquired their university education in Ukraine and thus can be viewed as a loss for the country. Comparisons are made between these professionals and US born Ukrainian-American professionals, as well as respective professionals in the total US population.

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Authors: Wolowyna, Oleh

Conference Name: Brain Drain - Brain Gain: global context and Ukrainian reality

Publisher Location: National University "Lviv Polytechnic"

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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