Migration of Professionals to the U.S. - Evidence from LinkedIn data, SocInfo 2014
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1. The share of highly-skilled professional migrants choosing the United States as their destination decreased by half over the last decade according to data from LinkedIn. 2. Highly-skilled migrants with bachelor's, master's, or PhD degrees and those from highly-ranked universities worldwide were less likely to choose the US. 3. While the trend recently reversed slightly for education-based migrants, migrants pursuing STEM degrees were much less likely to choose the US, dropping from 54% in 2000 to 35% in 2012.
Migration of Professionals to the U.S. - Evidence from LinkedIn data, SocInfo 2014
- 1. Migration of professionals to the United States: Evidence from LinkedIn data Research published at SocInfo 2014 Bogdan State, Stanford University Mario Rodriguez, LinkedIn Corporation Dirk Helbing, ETH Zurich Emilio Zagheni, University of Washington
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- 8. LinkedIn Data 332+ MM Profiles – 2MM Companies – 50K Skills – 25K Job Roles – 150 Industries – 200 countries – 2+ decades
- 9. Two Key Take-aways 1. The share of highly-skilled professional migrants choosing the U.S. as destination has decreased by half in the last decade 2. Data from LinkedIn can offer a view into various global socio-economic dynamics
- 10. Respecting Privacy: Anonymization by Aggregation
- 11. Meet Mathieu…EducationEmployment France USA … a consenting, highly-skilled, employment-based migrant
- 12. When Mathieu decided to migrate, he had a choice: USA Elsewhere Research question: how often do migrants choose the USA over somewhere else?
- 13. Destination breakdown for - Employment-based migration - where migrant had MS. degree 27% 73% 2000 USA elsewhere 12% 88% 2012 USA elsewhere 50% decrease in last decade
- 14. • 1990: 22% • 1998: 30% • 2009: 14% • 2012: 13%
- 15. Meet the other Matthieu… … a consenting, highly-skilled, education-based migrant EducationEmployment France USA
- 16. • 1990: 44% • 1998: 42% • 2009: 25% • 2012: 35%
- 17. Top Univ. (QS): – 406/500 non-US – 2000: 24% – 2012: 12% In STEM: – Edu. (-35%) – 2000: 54% – 2012: 35% – Emp. (-59%) – 2000: 37% – 2012: 15%
- 18. Where do highly-skilled migrants go when not the USA?
- 19. Where do highly-skilled migrants go when not the USA? USA – 2000: 32% – 2012: 14% Europe – 2000: 41% – 2012: 38% Canada – 2000: 6.8% – 2012: 5.5% Asia: – 2000: 10% – 2012: 25% Africa: – 2000: 1.3% – 2012: 3.3% Australia & Oceania: – 2000: 5.7% – 2012: 7.9% Latin America & Caribbean – 2000: 3.7 – 2012: 5.7%
- 20. Canada USA Latin America and Caribbean Africa N. Europe W. Europe Australia and Oceania Rest of Asia Region Boundaries
- 21. Calibration: American Community Survey - US Census Bureau - Yearly survey - under-reporting? Reversals line up perfectly
- 22. Summary 1. The share of highly-skilled professional migrants choosing the U.S. as destination has decreased by half in the last decade – The pattern holds for: Migrants with BS, MS, PhD Migrants from highly-ranked universities worldwide – Recent reversal for education-based migrants Mostly driven by non-STEM degree pursuants For STEM: 54% in 2000, 35% in 2012 – Asian countries saw the biggest share increase 2. Data from LinkedIn can offer a view into various global socio-economic dynamics – Long duration, consistent definitions, real-time pulse