%0 Report %A Saint-Paul, Gilles %T The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States %D 2004 %8 2004 Sep %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 1310 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1310 %X This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with the source country, more so when one moves up the skill ladder. %K brain drain %K migration %K Europe