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Expelling excellence : exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States
Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024
outdated because it fails to reflect modern economic research on the complex effects of skilled migration on overseas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062368
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Research and policy issues in high-skilled international migration : a perspective with data from the United States
Regets, Mark C. - 2001
Highly-skilled migrants are becoming a more important part of the world economy and of policy debates in a diverse set … of countries. The proliferation of skills around the world, increases in world trade, the growth of R&D, and the general … migration is much less than for international migration in general, and is based upon much less research and data. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403829
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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2022
Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet, before the COVID-19 pandemic, student visa applicants already faced an approximately 27 percent refusal rate that varies by time and region. Using data on the universe of SAT takers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171443
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Research and Policy Issues in High-Skilled International Migration : A Perspective with Data from the United States
Regets, Mark C. - 2021
Highly-skilled migrants are becoming a more important part of the world economy and of policy debates in a diverse set … of countries. The proliferation of skills around the world, increases in world trade, the growth of R&D, and the general … migration is much less than for international migration in general, and is based upon much less research and data. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320787
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest : evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John K. (contributor);  … - 2009
A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794013
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What affects international migration of European science and engineering graduates?
Grip, Andries de; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - 2009
Using a dataset of science and engineering graduates from 12 European countries, we analyse the determinants of labour migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour market opportunities, past migration experience,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872700
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Educational mismatch : are high-skilled immigrants really working at high-skilled jobs and the price they pay if they aren't?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for high-skilled adult male native-born workers are also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872711
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The international circulation of elites : knowledge, entrepreneurial and political
Solimano, Andrés; Avanzini, Diego - 2010
International migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites, which is the focus of this paper. The paper offers a three-fold classification of elites: (a) knowledge elites, (b) entrepreneurial elites and (c) political elites. We explore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697427
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Firms and the economics of skilled immigration
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - 2014
call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371319