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The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card

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  • Sankar Mukhopadhyay

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Article provided by Springer & Population Association of America (PAA) in its journal Demography.

Volume (Year): 49 (2012)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 219-237

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Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:49:y:2012:i:1:p:219-237
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0079-3
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Keywords: Immigration; Permanent residency; High skill; Mobility;

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Cited by:

  1. Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln, 2015. "Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration," Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 115-152.
  2. Dipanwita Sarkar & Trevor Collier, 2016. "Does Host-Country Education Mitigate Immigrant Inefficiency? Evidence from Earnings of Australian University Graduates," QuBE Working Papers 040, QUT Business School.
  3. John Bound & Breno Braga & Joseph M. Golden & Gaurav Khanna, 2015. "Recruitment of Foreigners in the Market for Computer Scientists in the United States," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(S1), pages 187-223.
  4. Depew, Briggs & Norlander, Peter & Sorensen, Todd A., 2013. "Flight of the H-1B: Inter-Firm Mobility and Return Migration Patterns for Skilled Guest Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 7456, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  5. John Bound & Murat Demirci & Gaurav Khanna & Sarah Turner, 2015. "Finishing Degrees and Finding Jobs: US Higher Education and the Flow of Foreign IT Workers," Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 27-72.
  6. Pia Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny & Emily Kerr, 2012. "Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(2), pages 456-482, 06.
  7. Briggs Depew & Peter Norlander & Todd A. Sørensen, 2017. "Inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns of skilled guest workers," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 30(2), pages 681-721, April.
  8. Rebecca Stonawski, 2013. "Understanding Proposed Changes to the H-1B Visa: Protecting American Government Interests, Improving the Opportunities for American Companies, or Potentially Hurting Hopeful Immigrants?," Laws, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 2(3), pages 1-11, August.
  9. John Bound & Gaurav Khanna & Nicolas Morales, 2017. "Understanding the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program on the US," NBER Chapters,in: High-Skilled Migration to the United States and its Economic Consequences National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  10. Sankar Mukhopadhyay, 2016. "Comparing Wage Gains from Small and Mass Scale Immigrant Legalization Programs," Working Papers 16-001, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Economics;University of Nevada, Reno , Department of Resource Economics.
  11. Richard McGregory & James Peoples, 2013. "Compensation of Foreign and Domestic Nurses in the US," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 203-223, June.
  12. Chi, Miao & Drewianka, Scott, 2014. "How much is a green card worth? Evidence from Mexican men who marry women born in the U.S," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 103-116.
  13. Norman Matloff, 2013. "Immigration and the tech industry: As a labour shortage remedy, for innovation, or for cost savings?," Migration Letters, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 10(2), pages 210-227, May.

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