The roles of immigrants and foreign students in US science, innovation, and entrepreneurship / edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie.
"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 or...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2020.
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| Series: | NBER conference report.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Papers from a workshop organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held at Cambridge, MA, on 27 April 2018. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations, charts. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226695761 022669576X |