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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP12736
	DP12736 The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
	Anna Mayda; Francesc Ortega; Giovanni Peri; Chad Sparber
发表日期	2018-02-19
出版年	2018
语种	英语
摘要	The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research institutions. Existing H-1B holders seeking to renew their visa were also exempt from the quota. Using a triple difference approach, this paper demonstrates that cap restrictions significantly reduced the employment of new H-1B workers in for-profit firms relative to what would have occurred in an unconstrained environment. Employment of similar natives in for-profit firms did not change, consistent with a low degree of substitutability between H-1B and native workers. The restriction also redistributed H-1Bs toward computer-related occupations, Indian-born workers, and firms using the H-1B program intensively.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics ; Labour Economics
关键词	Skilled workers H-1b Natural experiment
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp12736
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/541546
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Anna Mayda,Francesc Ortega,Giovanni Peri,et al. DP12736 The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor. 2018.