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The Labor Market Effects of English Language Proficiency : Communication Skills and the Occupational Choice of Childhood Immigrants to the United States
Hlavac, Marek - 2013
I examine the effect of English language proficiency on the occupational choices of childhood immigrants into the United States. In particular, I focus on the annual earnings and skills composition associated with immigrants' chosen occupations. Following Bleakley and Chin (2004; 2010), I use an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072219
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Do foreigners crowd natives out of STEM degrees and occupations? : evidence from the U.S. immigration act of 1990
Ransom, Tyler; Winters, John V. - 2016
This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and … STEM flows. We find that the Immigration Act changed natives' skill investment and utilization in three ways: (1) it pushed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458960
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The effect of low-skill immigration restrictions on US firms and workers : evidence from a randomized lottery
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - 2022
The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429412
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Green cards and the location choices of immigrants in the United States, 1971 - 2000
Jaeger, David A. (contributor) - 2006
initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328061
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How much does immigration boost innovation?
Hunt, Jennifer (contributor);  … - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793955
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Green Cards and the Location Choices of Immigrants in the United States, 1971-2000
Jaeger, David A. - 2006
to live initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780019
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Why Go to France or Germany, if You Could as Well Go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to Four Major OECD Countries
Geis, Wido - 2008
of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all … geographical and cultural, immigration policies and migrant networks. Differentiating immigrants by their educational attainments …, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769704
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Do Foreigners Crowd Natives Out of Stem Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990
Ransom, Tyler - 2016
This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and … STEM flows. We find that the Immigration Act changed natives' skill investment and utilization in three ways: (1) it pushed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992731
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Selection Criteria and the Skill Composition of Immigrants : A Comparative Analysis of Australian and U.S. Employment Immigration
Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark R. - 2021
. (4) Within a sending country, Australia attracts less total but higher-skill migrants than does the United States. This … immigration gains are greater from immigrating to United States. (5) The estimated coefficients determining migration flows to … composition of employment migrants. There is no evidence that the differences in the selection mechanism used to screen employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325101
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How do immigrants from Taiwan fare in the US labor market?
Lin, Carl - 2013
This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Our estimates indicate that the rising returns to education, pre-migration experience and hours worked per week play...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221816