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The paper is specifically talking about highly skilled immigrants in math & science, though. Their dataset was a few thousand IMO gold medalists. Grandparent
by nostrademons 6y ago
The paper is specifically talking about highly skilled immigrants in math & science, though. Their dataset was a few thousand IMO gold medalists. Grandparent poster's experience is a lot more representative of this sample than a random agricultural worker who crosses the Rio Grande.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoThe title is misleading though. The vast vast vast majority of migrants to the US are random agricultural workers and the vast vast vast minority of them are IMO gold medalists from Singapore.