increase the stock of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but data … uses the 2009-2011 American Community Survey to examine the external effects of college graduates in STEM and non …-STEM fields on the wages of other workers in the same metropolitan area. I find that both types of college graduates create …

This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on …

educated workers are often quite mobile and there is a concern that public investments in college graduates may not benefit the … state if the college graduates leave the state after finishing their education. This paper examines the relationship between … the production of college graduates from a state and the stock of college graduates residing in the state using microdata …

College graduates are considerably more mobile than non-graduates, and previous literature suggests that the difference … is at least partially attributable to college graduates being more responsive to employment opportunities in other areas … paper uses microdata from the American Community Survey to examine how the migration decisions of young college graduates …

true for college graduates, who tend to have more successful businesses. Access to childcare may also affect their labor …