TY - RPRT AU - Saint-Paul, Gilles TI - The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the United States PY - 2004/Sep/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 1310 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1310 AB - 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. KW - brain drain KW - migration KW - Europe ER -