The labor market impact of high-skill immigration
By: George J. Borjas.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11217; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11217.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Wages -- Skilled labor -- United States.; Skilled labor -- United States.; Labor supply -- United States.; Doctor of philosophy degree -- United States.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Description: "The rapid growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities has transformed the higher education system, particularly at the graduate level.  Many of these newly minted doctorates remain in the United States after receiving their doctoral degrees, so that the foreign student influx can have a significant impact in the labor market for high-skill workers.  Using data drawn from the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctoral Recipients, the study shows that a foreign student influx into a particular doctoral field at a particular time had a significant and adverse effect on the earnings of doctorates in that field who graduated at roughly the same time.  A 10 percent immigration-induced increase in the supply of doctorates lowers the wage of competing workers by about 3 percent"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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