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Stay Rates 
Almost 30 percent of the actively employed S&E doctorate holders in the United States are foreign born, as are many postdocs. Most of those working in the United States (excluding postdocs) obtained their doctorates from U.S. universities. Stay rates, based on stated plans at receipt of doctorate, indicate how much the United States relies on inflow of doctorate holders from different countries and whether working in the United States remains an attractive option for foreign students who obtain U.S. doctorates. In chapter 3, we report an analysis using a stay-rate measure based on examination of Social Security records several years after the doctorate.
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