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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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This paper examines the effect of increasing foreign staffing on the labor market outcomes of native workers in the German long-term care sector. Using administrative social security data covering the universe of long-term care workers and policy-induced exogenous variation, we find that...
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society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …
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An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in … whether and how the response of immigrants to skill demand changed when Switzerland abolished immigration restrictions for …
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This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957 …) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We … find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a country's productive efficiency with the exception of the finance …
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I study how access to foreign skilled workers affects corporate investment. Restrictions on high-skilled immigration …
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