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dc.contributor.authorLofstrom, Magnusen
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Josephen
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-26-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:35:30Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:35:30Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201203016393en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58443-
dc.description.abstractCombining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the 2009 American Community Survey, we analyze earnings differences between H-1B visa holders and US born workers in STEM occupations. The data indicate that H-1Bs are younger and more skilled, as measured by education, than US born workers in the same occupations. We fail to find support for the notion that H-1Bs are paid less that observationally similar US born workers; in fact, they appear to have higher earnings in some key STEM occupations, including information technology.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6259en
dc.subject.jelJ8en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.jelJ18en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtemporary workersen
dc.subject.keywordH-1Ben
dc.subject.keywordimmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordhigh-skillen
dc.subject.keywordSTEMen
dc.subject.stwLeiharbeiten
dc.subject.stwInternationale Arbeitsmobilitäten
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwBevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleH-1Bs: How do they stack up to US born workers?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn700618759en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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