Substitution between Groups of Highly-Educated, Foreign-Born, H-1B Workers

Chad Sparber

No 12028, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Highly-educated foreign-born workers can secure legal US employment through the H-1B program. The annual cap on H-1B issuances varies across individuals' US educational experience, H-1B work history, and employer type. Caps are met quickly in most but not all years. This paper exploits these differences to identify whether firms substitute across different sources of highly-educated, foreign-born, H-1B labor. New H-1B workers without advanced degrees from US universities substitute with new H-1B workers possessing advanced US degrees. We find no evidence for substitution with established H-1B workers.

Keywords: H-1B status; skilled workers; immigrant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2018-12
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101756

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