A new study of the worldwide migration of professionals to the U.S. shows a sharp drop-off in its proportional share of those workers raising the question of whether the nation will remain competitive in attracting top talent in an increasingly globalized economy.
The , which used a novel method of tracking people through data from the social media site LinkedIn, is believed to be the first to monitor global migrations of professionals to the U.S., said co-authorEmilio Zagheni, a 窪蹋勛圖厙 assistant professor of sociology and fellow of the 窪蹋勛圖厙.
This is the first time a worldwide data set has been used to answer this question, he said. That hasnt been done before.