http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2010/02/this-week-in-nber-working-papers.html Commentary on development, globalization, and trade by Jonathan Dingel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.tradediversion.net/archives/2010/02/this-week-in-nber-working-papers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4243 stillgoingnative » h-1bs for immigrant entrepreneurs Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:50:32 +0000 http://www.tradediversion.net/?p=1626#comment-4243 [...] Via Dingel, a paper from NBER regarding immigrant contributions as entrepreneurs, that relates to earlier musings regarding specialization motivated by language-dependent opportunities: Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by investors 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 admissions primarily through direct contributions of immigrants. [...] [...] Via Dingel, a paper from NBER regarding immigrant contributions as entrepreneurs, that relates to earlier musings regarding specialization motivated by language-dependent opportunities: Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by investors 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 admissions primarily through direct contributions of immigrants. [...]

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