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Lan, Xiaohuan – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
About 75 percent of U.S.-trained, noncitizen PhDs in science and engineering work in the United States after graduation, and 54 percent of those who stay take postdoctoral positions. The probability of postdoctoral participation is substantially higher for temporary visa holders than for permanent visa holders because of visa-related restrictions…
Descriptors: Evidence, Labor Market, Probability, Foreign Students
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Leininger, Lindsey Jeanne; Kalil, Ariel – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Using data on approximately 2,000 low-income welfare recipients in a three-site random-assignment intervention conducted in the early 1990s (the NEWWS), we examine the role of cognitive and non-cognitive factors in moderating experimental impacts of an adult education training program for women who lacked a high school degree or GED at the time of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Females, Adult Education, Probability