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We study how random variation in the availability of highly educated, foreign-born workers impacts firm performance and recruitment behavior. We combine two rich data sources: 1) administrative employer-employee matched data from the US Census Bureau; and 2) firmlevel information on the first...
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Immigration reform is once again on Washington's policy agenda. Serious attention is being given to policies that would … place more emphasis on merit than on family ties, which are favored by much of the current US immigration system. One way to … auctions that could serve as a starting point for designing a better immigration policy. We recommend replacing the current …
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We study the effects of technological change on immigration flows as well as the labor market outcomes of migrants … native population nor immigration flows. In the case of AI, we determine an increase in the wage gap as well as the …
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Firm ownership is a dening feature of immigrant adaptation: 41% of immigrants own a firm at some point in their first 10 years post-arrival. We use Canadian data linking immigrant arrival records with individual and firm tax data to examine the process of entering firm ownership for immigrants....
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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 …
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The demand for skills exceeds supply, both within the Pacific Islands and the high-income countries of the Pacific Rim. Enhancing skilled migration therefore has the potential to generate large economic gains. The Global Skill Partnership is a migration model that can support such mutually...
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How immigration affects the labor market of the host country is a topic of major concern for many immigrant … impact of immigration on Spanish natives' income by estimating the net immigration surplus accruing at the national level and …-receiving regions, such as Cataluña, Valencia, Madrid, and Murcia. -- International migration ; regional ; national ; immigration …
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-skilled immigration wave was one of the main determinants for the fast growth of the Israeli economy in the 1990s. In this paper, I use a … workforce. -- Immigration ; productivity …
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underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot …
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society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …
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