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> What is the cause? Most likely, an extremely strong self-selecting tendency for immigrants. As an American I often feel like we don't really appreciate the s
by joshuahedlund 11y ago
> What is the cause? Most likely, an extremely strong self-selecting tendency for immigrants.
As an American I often feel like we don't really appreciate the size of the population of Asia. 3 million Indians in America essentially represents the 0.1% of the Indian population most interested and able to come here, so it should not be surprising that the average performance of that group on many given metrics would be above average.
- jkyle 11y agoThe able part should not be downplayed either. The mere cost of a ticket to get to the U.S. automatically selects for a relatively high income family as a single ticket costs more than the annual median household income. As an analogy, it's as if a ticket to Europe cost $60,000 dollars and Europeans marveled at how educated and successful and driven all Americans were. When in reality, just to afford the ticket they would have to be either already successful or extremely driven and focused on that singular goal.