We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …

in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant … subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …

weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in all three countries concomitant with skilled immigration policy … immigrants. Given that there is increasingly little to distinguish the skilled immigration policies of these countries, we …

Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …

We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

performance to evaluate whether in the United Kingdom immigration affected the way natives specialise in the task they perform on … responded to immigration inflows of similarly educated workers by increasing their supply of communication tasks, relative to …

Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …

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 …