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Title: H-1Bs: How Do They Stack Up to US Born Workers?

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Combining 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

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Authors: Hayes, Joseph; Lofstrom, Magnus

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Publication Number: 6259

Institution: Institute for the Study of Labor

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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