THESIS
2006
viii, 60 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm
Abstract
In the globalization era, transnational migration has become increasingly important and diversified. A triangular model of human capital transfer has been recently developed to study the movements among a country of origin, a major host country, and an entrepot country. Mainland China and Hong Kong are two of the largest sources of talented immigrants to North America. By integrating the most recent censuses of the Hong Kong, Canada, and the US and by selecting talented immigrants with at least a college degree, we focus on explaining their onward and return migrations in a multivariate framework. We find that a considerable portion of mainland-born immigrants with a postgraduate degree moved on from Canada to the US whereas a large portion of Hong Kong-born immigrants returned to thei...[
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In the globalization era, transnational migration has become increasingly important and diversified. A triangular model of human capital transfer has been recently developed to study the movements among a country of origin, a major host country, and an entrepot country. Mainland China and Hong Kong are two of the largest sources of talented immigrants to North America. By integrating the most recent censuses of the Hong Kong, Canada, and the US and by selecting talented immigrants with at least a college degree, we focus on explaining their onward and return migrations in a multivariate framework. We find that a considerable portion of mainland-born immigrants with a postgraduate degree moved on from Canada to the US whereas a large portion of Hong Kong-born immigrants returned to their place of origin. Regression results show that among immigrants in Canada, the best of the best moved onward to the US and mainland-born Chinese immigrants were most likely to migrate again. There is weak selectivity of return migration to Hong Kong. Onward migration from Canada to the US resulted in considerable increases in income without significant changes in occupation. Both income and promotional prospects were significantly higher for returnees to Hong Kong than their immigrant counterparts in North America. Our findings indicate that either income improvement or promotional mobility can cause a sequential migration. The policy implication is to improve environments for development and utilization of talent to attract and/or retain talented immigrants.
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