How Restricted is the Job Mobility of Skilled Temporary Work Visa Holders?

Jennifer Hunt and Bin Xie

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, vol. 38, issue 1, 41-64

Abstract: Using the National Survey of College Graduates, we investigate the job mobility of skilled workers holding U.S. temporary visas. Such workers either have legal restrictions on their ability to change employers or may be reluctant to leave an employer who has sponsored them for permanent residence. We find that the voluntary job‐changing rate is similar for temporary work visa holders and natives with similar characteristics, but that it spikes when temporary work visa holders obtain permanent residence. The spike magnitude implies mobility is reduced during the application period by about 20 percent, alleviating concerns that employers exercise strong monopsony power.

Date: 2019
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