The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in California
California was home to 1.8 million highly skilled immigrants with at least a bachelor’s degree during the 2009-13 period. Of this group, 25 percent—or 452,000 people—were either working in low-skilled jobs or unemployed—the same rate of brain waste experienced by college educated immigrants nationally. Low-skilled employment resulted in immigrant college graduates forgoing approximately $9.4 billion in annual earnings. As a result, California experienced $694.8 million in forgone state and local tax revenue.
Ruiz Soto, A. G., Batalova, J., & Fix, M. (2016). The Costs of Brain Waste among Highly Skilled Immigrants in California. Migration Policy Institute, World Education Services, and New American Economy. Retrived from http://research.newamericaneconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BrainWaste-Florida-FactSheet-FINAL.pdf