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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms
Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2014
We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. …firms using matched employer … and the fact that many skilled immigrant admissions are driven by fi…rms themselves (e.g., the H-1B visa). OLS and IV … speci…cations …find rising overall employment of skilled workers with increased skilled immigrant employment by …firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744599
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William; Lincoln, William - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
(SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian and Chinese names in cities and firms dependent upon the program … relative to their peers. Most specifications find limited effects for native SE employment or patenting. We are able to rule … out displacement effects, and small crowding-in effects may exist. Total SE employment and invention increases with higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529022
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in cities and firms dependent upon the program relative to their peers. Most … admission levels primarily through the direct contributions of ethnic inventors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754945
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The Agglomeration of US Ethnic Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
with greater detail. The contributions of Chinese and Indian scientists and engineers to US technology formation increase …The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall … dramatically in the 1990s. At the same time, these ethnic inventors became more spatially concentrated across US cities. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237019
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The Ethnic Composition of US Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2007
The ethnic composition of US scientists and engineers is undergoing a significant transformation. This study applies an … trends with greater detail than previously available. Most notably, the contributions of Chinese and Indian scientists to US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818698
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584915
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Skilled immigration and the employment structures of US firms
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - 2013
We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. firms using matched employer … and the fact that many skilled immigrant admissions are driven by firms themselves (e.g., the H-1B visa). OLS and IV … specifications find rising overall employment of skilled workers with increased skilled immigrant employment by firm. Employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229959
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The Agglomeration of US Ethnic Inventors
Kerr, William - 2009
with greater detail. The contributions of Chinese and Indian scientists and engineers to US technology formation increase …The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall … dramatically in the 1990s. At the same time, these ethnic inventors became more spatially concentrated across US cities. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012720481
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2013
This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and exports, and exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010852342