- Description
A first-of-its kind analysis of aggregate transition rates from college to work among three groups of foreign-born college students indicates that only one group—lawful permanent residents (LPR)— are fully transitioning to work in local economies. Undocumented college students are 20 to 30 percentage points less likely than their LPR peers to find local work after graduation. Aggregate transition rates for F-1 visa holders were close to zero. Policies that increase work opportunities for F-1 visa holders and undocumented students to the same levels as their LPR peers would increase employment levels and tax revenues in nearly every state in the country.
- Published by
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Funded by
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Issue areas
- Education and Literacy
- Employment and Labor
- Immigration
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States
- Language
- English
- Copyright
- Copyright 2016 by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Opportunity Lost: The Economic Benefit of Retaining Foreign-Born Students in Local Economies
- Publication date
- 2016-04-03
- Publication year
- 2016
- Authors
- Davis McElmurry , Gaetano Basso , Giovanni Peri , Sara McElmurry
- Copyright holder(s)
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States
- Keywords
- undocumented students, chicago council, visa, undocumented, visa holders
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Language
- English
- URL
- https://immigrationstrategies.issuelab.org/resource/opportunity-lost-the-economic-benefit-of-retaining-foreign-born-students-in-local-economies
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