Papers from a workshop organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held at Cambridge, MA, on 27 April 2018. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Are foreign STEM PhDs more entrepreneurial? Entrepreneurial characteristics, preferences, and employment outcomes of native and foreign science and engineering PhD students / Michael Roach, Henry Sauermann, and John Skrentny. III. Immigration and entrepreneurship. Return migrants' self-selection : evidence for Indian inventors / Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni, and Ernest Miguelez -- Will the U.S. keep the best and the brightest (as post-docs)? Career and location preferences of foreign STEM PhDs / Ina Ganguli and Patrick Gaule -- II. Immigration policy and innovation. High-skill immigration, innovation, and creative destruction / Gaurav Khanna and Munseob Lee -- New data and facts on H-1B workers across firms / Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, Kevin Shih, and Chad Sparber -- Immigration and invention : does language matter? / Kirk Doran and Chungeun Yoon -- III. Immigration and entrepreneurship. Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector / J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, and Kyung Min Lee -- Immigrant networking and collaboration : survey evidence from CIC / Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr -- Are foreign STEM PhDs more entrepreneurial? Entrepreneurial characteristics, preferences, and employment outcomes of native and foreign science and engineering PhD students / Michael Roach, Henry Sauermann, and John Skrentny.
Summary:
"Although the U.S. is home to just 4.4 percent of the world's population, it is by far the most attractive destination for skilled immigrants. Indeed, more than a quarter of all STEM jobs in the health care, information, finance, and education industries are held by immigrants. Engaging original empirical analysis of new data, this volume's contributions shows the links between immigration policy in determining who can come into the country and the rate of innovation among immigrants. The research also brings into focus the relationship between high-skilled immigration and entrepreneurship and to differences between immigrant and native entrepreneurs. The contributors look at both immigrants who come here for work and those who come originally for education"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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