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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
We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062368
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Crossing the border : self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - 2010
Many empirical studies on the determinants of international migration flows rely exclusively on macro data, and do not account for migrants' self-selection. We analyze a very interesting episode in international migration for which we are able to gather individual-level data covering all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966975
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Migrants and the making of America : the shortand long-run effects of immigration during the age of mass migration
Sequeira, Sandra; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - In: ifo DICE report 15 (2017) 3, pp. 30-34
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011857316
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Student flows and migration : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2005
"Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002841187
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Student flows and migration : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006
Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387388
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019
We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986036
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The Effect of Occupational Visas on Native Employment: Evidence from Labor Supply to Farm Jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653220
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Quotas and quality : the effect of H-1B visa restrictions on the pool of prospective undergraduate students from abroad
Kato, Takao; Sparber, Chad - 2010
effect estimates show that the restrictive immigration policy has had an adverse impact on the quality of prospective … restrictive immigration policy disproportionately discourages high-ability international students from attending US schools. Our …. -- Skilled immigration ; H-1B visa ; college education ; SAT scores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965651
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Dissecting network externalities in international migration
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - 2011
Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect … the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs ("immigration policy" channel … illustration based on US immigration data by metropolitan area and country of origin. First, we show that the overall network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009610