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High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of Stem Occupations in U.S. Employment
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2016
In this paper, we document the importance of high-skilled immigration for U.S. employment in STEM fields. To begin, we review patterns of U.S. employment in STEM occupations among workers with at least a college degree. These patterns mirror the cycle of boom and bust in the U.S. technology...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration : Canada, Mexico, and the United States
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2013
Using data drawn from the Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. Censuses, we find a numerically comparable and statistically significant inverse relation between immigrant-induced shifts in labor supply and wages in each of the three countries: A 10 percent labor supply shift is associated with a 3 to 4...
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Productivity, Wages, and Prices Inside and Outside of Manufacturing in the U.S., Japan, and Europe
Gordon, Robert J. - 2021
. Results are presented for the U. S., Japan, and an aggregate called "Europe" consisting of eleven European economies. The … primary theme of the paper is that differences between Europe and the U. S. have been substantially exaggerated in recent work …. Europe has neither greater nominal wage flexibility nor more rigid real wages than the U. S. Evidence that the U. S. exhibits …
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Substitution between Individual and Cultural Capital : Pre-Migration Labor Supply, Culture and Us Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Women
Blau, Francine D. - 2011
In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
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What Does Global Expansion of Higher Education Mean for the Us?
Freeman, Richard B. - 2009
This study documents the rapid spread of higher education around the world and the consequent reduced share of the US in the world's university students and graduates. It shows that the proportion of young persons who go to college has risen in many advanced countries to exceed that in the US...
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Labor Mobility and Fiscal Coordination
Razin, Assaf; Yuen, Chi-Wa - 2021
Using a human capital based growth model, we show the essential role of labor mobility and cross-country tax harmonization in equalizing income levels of countries that start off from different initial income positions. Knowledge spillovers cum labor mobility are the driving forces behind the...
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The Economic Progress of Immigrants
Borjas, George J. - 2021
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of the economic progress experienced by immigrants in the U.S. labor market. The theoretical framework illustrates that the relationship between the entry wage of immigrants and the subsequent rate of wage growth depends on the technology of...
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Taxation and International Migration of Superstars : Evidence from the European Football Market
Kleven, Henrik - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2010
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...
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Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2010
This paper asks the following question: what was the effect of surging immigration on average and individual wages of U.S.-born workers during the period 1990-2004? We emphasize the need for a general equilibrium approach to analyze this problem. The impact of immigrants on wages of U.S.-born...
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