The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from Visa Lotteries
Winning firms in H-1B visa lotteries, compared to losers, experience slight worker crowding out with modest innovation effects, revealing nuanced outcomes.
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High-Skill Immigrants & Innovation
How Do Restrictions on High-Skilled Immigration Affect Offshoring?
This paper investigates how multinational firms adapt to skilled immigration constraints, showing increased foreign affiliate employment in China, India, and Canada.
The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
Like the Greeks who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, the new Argonauts--foreign-born, technically skilled entrepreneurs who travel back and forth between Silicon Valley and their home…
Immigration, Science, and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts
The United States first adopted immigration quotas for “undesirable” nationalities in 1921 and 1924 to stem the inflow of low-skilled Eastern and Southern Europeans (ESE). This paper investigates whether these…
The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
Immigrant inventors are key contributors to innovation in the United States, both through their direct productivity and through the...
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