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Working Papers

2025

1. Immigration and Education: Early Insights from the Buslift to New York City
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER

2024

2. The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (6)
   Also in Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2024) View citations (3)
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2024) View citations (3)

2020

3. Coping with H-1B Shortages: Firm Performance and Mitigation Strategies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Coping with H-1B Shortages: Firm Performance and Mitigation Strategies, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2023) View citations (5) (2023)
4. International Student Enrollments and Selectivity: Evidence from the Optional Practical Training Program
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (3)

2018

5. Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA
   Departmental Working Papers, Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics View citations (18)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (44) (2020)
6. The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (28)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (32)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article The effect of the H-1B quota on the employment and selection of foreign-born labor, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (31) (2018)

2017

7. Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (32)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (29)

2015

8. Foreign and Native Skilled Workers: What Can We Learn from H-1B Lotteries?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)

2014

9. Foreign STEM Workers and Native Wages and Employment in U.S. Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

2013

10. Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (6)
11. STEMWorkers, H1B Visas and Productivity in US Cities
    Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (254) (2015)
    Chapter STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Trade Liberalization and Chinese Students in U.S. Higher Education
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (5), 1291-1309

2023

2. Coping with H-1B Shortages: Firm Performance and Mitigation Strategies
   ILR Review, 2023, 76, (5), 919-943 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Coping with H-1B Shortages: Firm Performance and Mitigation Strategies, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
3. Foreign Students in College and the Supply of STEM Graduates
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41, (2), 511 - 563 View citations (13)
4. The implications of optional practical training reforms on international student enrollments and quality
   Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61, (2), 253-281 View citations (2)

2020

5. Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12, (1), 293-324 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA, Departmental Working Papers (2018) View citations (18) (2018)

2019

6. A Reason to Wait: The Effect of Legal Status on Teen Pregnancy
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 213-17 View citations (7)

2018

7. Book Review: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration Edited by Francine D. Blau and Christopher Mackie
   ILR Review, 2018, 71, (4), 945-947 View citations (3)
8. The effect of the H-1B quota on the employment and selection of foreign-born labor
   European Economic Review, 2018, 108, (C), 105-128 View citations (31)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (28) (2018)

2017

9. Do international students crowd-out or cross-subsidize Americans in higher education?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 156, (C), 170-184 View citations (33)

2016

10. LABOR MARKET OPENNESS, H-1B VISA POLICY, AND THE SCALE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
    Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54, (1), 121-138 View citations (28)

2015

11. STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33, (S1), S225 - S255 View citations (254)
    See also Working Paper STEMWorkers, H1B Visas and Productivity in US Cities, Norface Discussion Paper Series (2013) View citations (34) (2013)
    Chapter STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2016, 277-307 (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

Chapters

2018

1. New Data and Facts on H-1B Workers across Firms
   A chapter in The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, 2018, pp 99-121 View citations (3)

2016

2. STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities
   Chapter 9 in The Economics of International Migration, 2016, pp 277-307 View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (254) (2015)
   Working Paper STEMWorkers, H1B Visas and Productivity in US Cities, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (34) (2013)