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Ethnicity and the immigration of highly skilled workers to the United States

Jasso, Guillermina (contributor) - 2009

patterns in a multivariate context, attentive to selectivity processes and the Globalista impulse. -- Immigration policy … ; immigrant selection criteria ; employment immigration ; highly skilled immigration ; illegal immigration ; ethnicity ; race …

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Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States

Jasso, Guillermina - 2009

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity - country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the...

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Mobility, Retention and Productivity of Genomics Scientists in the United States

Huang, Kenneth G. - 2014

Scientific and technological innovations by scientists are critical to the long-term economic health of the U.S. However, anecdotal evidence from space exploration, high energy physics and biotechnology suggests that the U.S. might no longer be able to retain or attract such talent at previous...

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Modernising state-level regulation and policies to boost mobility in the United States

Sutherland, Douglas - 2020

The U.S. population is becoming increasingly urban and has gradually shifted to the south and west. Policy restrictions have played a role in preventing dynamic areas expanding, and when they do expand it can be through low-density housing sprawl. Land use restrictions and a sluggish housing...

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International student enrollments and selectivity: evidence from the Optional Practical Training program

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Shih, Kevin Y.; Xu, Huanan - 2020

We examine how the 17 month extension of Optional Practical Training - a program that allows international Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) majors the opportunity to work in the United States for 1-2 years following graduation - affects the quantity and quality of international...

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Settling for Academia? H-1b Visas and the Career Choices of International Students in the United States

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2016

For the first time since the inception of the H-1B visa, yearly caps became binding in 2004, making it harder for most foreign-born students to secure employment in the United States. However, since the year 2000, institutions of higher education and related non-profit research institutes had...

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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2021

than women to gain admission on the basis of immigration criteria related to labor market considerations rather than family … female immigration flows. Therefore, our findings of similar patterns for men and women and of the key role played by … national origin both suggest that factors other than immigration policy per se are important contributors to the observed skill …

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Immigration and provision of public goods : evidence at the local level in the U.S.

Mayda, Anna Maria; Senses, Mine Zeynep; Steingress, Walter - 2023 - Last updated: December 19, 2023

Using U.S. county-level data from 1990 to 2010, we study the causal impact of immigration on the provision of local …

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What drives the legalization of immigrants? : evidence from IRCA

Casarico, Alessandra; Facchini, Giovanni; Frattini, Tommaso - 2016

restrictive immigration policy is in place. We show that an amnesty is more desirable the more restricted are the occupational …We develop a model to understand the trade-offs faced by an elected representative in supporting an amnesty when a … behavior of U.S. Congressmen on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provides strong support for the predictions of …

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What drives the legalization of immigrants? : evidence from IRCA

Casarico, Alessandra; Facchini, Giovanni; Frattini, Tommaso - 2018

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