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Optimal education policy and human capital accumulation in the context of brain drain
Djajić, Slobodan; Docquier, Frédéric; Michael, Michael S. - 2018
. As a further contribution, we study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of the host country and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910685
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Selective immigration policies, migrants' education and welfare at origin
Bertoli, Simone; Brücker, Herbert - 2010
Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase … selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin. -- international migration ; selective immigration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314274
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Skilled migration policy and the labour market performance of immigrants
Tani, Massimiliano - 2017
effective use of migrants' skills provides scope for close coordination between immigration and employment policy to ensure that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785580
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New directions in immigration policy : Canada's evolving approach to the selection of economic immigrants
Ferrer, Ana M.; Picot, Garnett; Riddell, William Craig - 2014
Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a … market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest … cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442319
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Should the US continue its family-friendly immigration policy?
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2014
accompanied by new restrictions on family-based immigration. Moreover, it is misleading to think that only employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398751
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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries
Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one additional H-1B visa crowds out about 1.5 other workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have...
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The impact of immigration on firms and workers : insights from the H-1B lottery
Mahajan, Parag; Morales, Nicolas; Shih, Kevin Y.; Chen, … - 2024
We study how random variation in the availability of highly educated, foreign-born workers impacts firm performance and recruitment behavior. We combine two rich data sources: 1) administrative employer-employee matched data from the US Census Bureau; and 2) firmlevel information on the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512265
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The effect of low-skill immigration restrictions on US firms and workers : evidence from a randomized lottery
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - 2022
The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429412
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Are immigrants particularly entrepreneurial? : policy lessons from a selective immigration system
Green, David A.; Liu, Huju; Ostrovsky, Yuri; Picot, Garnett - 2023
Firm ownership is a dening feature of immigrant adaptation: 41% of immigrants own a firm at some point in their first 10 years post-arrival. We use Canadian data linking immigrant arrival records with individual and firm tax data to examine the process of entering firm ownership for immigrants....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388854
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an … predictions. -- Immigration ; gender ; selection ; border enforcement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959209