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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Firms play a central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better understand it have only recently become...
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Shanghai's Trade, China's Growth: Continuity, Recovery, and Change since the Opium War
Keller, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; Shiue, Carol H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
In this paper, we provide aggregate trends in China's trade performance from the 1840s to the present. Based on …, currently the world's largest port. Shanghai began direct trade relations with western nations starting in 1843. By 1853 …, Shanghai already accounted for more than half of China's foreign trade. In tracking the levels and growth rates of the city …
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The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying
Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F.; Mishra, Prachi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel data set covering 1998-2006. Our data exhibit three striking facts: (i) few firms lobby, (ii) lobbying status is strongly associated with firm size, and (iii) lobbying status is highly persistent over time....
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Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
Foley, C. Fritz; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the share of a firm's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251495
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The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
Jones, Benjamin F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
knowledge. This simple idea can inform cross-country income differences, international trade patterns, poverty traps, and price … provides insights about the brain drain, migration, and the role for multinationals in development. More generally, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575247
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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs
Peri, Giovanni; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Wright, Greg C. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682662
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Who Benefits from State Corporate Tax Cuts? A Local Labor Markets Approach with Heterogeneous Firms
Serrato, Juan Carlos Suárez; Zidar, Owen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper estimates the incidence of state corporate taxes on the welfare of workers, landowners, and firm owners using variation in state corporate tax rates and apportionment rules. We develop a spatial equilibrium model with imperfectly mobile firms and workers. Firm owners may earn profits...
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Immigration, International Collaboration, and Innovation: Science and Technology Policy in the Global Economy
Freeman, Richard B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Globalization of scientific and technological knowledge has reduced the US share of world scientific activity; increased the foreign-born proportion of scientists and engineers in US universities and in the US labor market; and led to greater US scientific collaborations with other countries....
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Mobile Scientists and International Networks
Stephan, Paula E.; Scellato, Giuseppe; Franzoni, Chiara - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
evidence suggests that migration plays an important role in the formation of international networks. Approximately 40 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950868
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Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; Stanton, Christopher T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name procedure to identify ethnic...
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