Search Results - subject_exact:"Visa policy"

Immigrant-native wage gaps and immigration tariffs : examining the case for an H-1B visa tax

Clemens, Michael A. - 2026

The US government in 2025 imposed a $100,000 tax on each high-skill foreign worker entering with an H-1B work visa. The only public economic justification calculates the tax to offset an estimated wage penalty for H-1B workers relative to US natives. But this estimate suffers from substantial...

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Visa policy and international student migration : evidence from Canada

Gonnot, Jerome; Lanati, Mauro - 2025

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The H-1B wage gap, visa fees, and employer demand

Borjas, George J. - 2026

The H-1B program lets firms hire high-skill foreign workers for a six-year term. The annual number of visas allocated to for-profit firms is capped at 85,000 and there is excess demand for those visas. The analysis merges administrative data, including the I-129 petitions that report the wage...

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The H-1B wage gap, visa fees, and employer demand

Borjas, George J. - 2026

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The H-1B Wage Gap, Visa Fees, and Employer Demand

Borjas, George J. - 2026

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Which occupations should get Skilled Worker visas? : informing the UK's visa reform

Huckstep, Sam; Dempster, Helen - 2026

The United Kingdom's 2025 immigration reforms will restrict access to Skilled Worker visas for "mid-skill" occupations unless they are retained on a revised shortage list. This raises an important policy question: which occupations should continue to receive access, given the limits of domestic...

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The Economic Impact of Mass Deportations

Cravino, Javier; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Ortega, Francesc; … - 2026

This paper quantifies the effects of large-scale deportations on wages, prices, and real incomes in the United States. We impute the legal status for each worker in the American Community Survey by combining detailed individual information with group-level visa records. In 2024, 3.2% of US...

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Visa policy and international student migration : evidence from the Student Partners Program in Canada

Gonnot, Jérôme; Lanati, Mauro - 2023

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The Labor Market Return to Permanent Residency

Kroft, Kory; Norwich, Isaac; Notowidigdo, Matthew J.; … - 2026

Many temporary foreign worker programs issue "closed" visas that effectively tie workers to a single employer, restricting worker mobility and weakening bargaining power. We study the labor market return to temporary foreign workers (TFWs) gaining permanent residency (PR), which loosens this...

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"Essential" migrants : evidence from the 2020 H-2B visa lottery

Mahajan, Parag - 2025

I study how access to foreign-born workers impacts firms and local economics in times of acute crisis. The 2020 H-2B visa lottery randomly gave some U.S. firms the chance to hire low-wage, migrant workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using administrative data across three...

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H-1B visa program, visa cap and foreign worker earnings

Mundra, Kusum; Bagheri, Omid - 2025

Using various years of data from the National Survey of College Survey we examine the earnings of work visa immigrants who entered the U.S. during the various H-1B cap periods and whether the cap was binding or not at the time of their entry. For work visa entrants in the non-academic sector as...

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Academic, social, and economic realities for international students in North America : a multidisciplinary examination

2026

Part I: Academic Realities and Institutional Contexts1. International Student Mobility to Canada and the United States: Historical Trends and Impacts on Higher Education. (Dr. Mirka Martel et al.).2. Do the Macro-level Support Areas of International Students at Canadian Polytechnics Affect their...

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The effect of visa types on international tourism

Rosselló Mir, Jaume; Santana-Gallego, María - 2024

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Immigration lottery design : engineered and coincidental consequences of H-1B reforms

Pathak, Parag A.; Rees-Jones, Alex; Sönmez, Tayfun - 2025

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Immigration lottery design : engineered and coincidental consequences of H-1B reforms

Pathak, Parag A.; Rees-Jones, Alex; Sönmez, Tayfun - 2020

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The short-term effects of visa restrictions on migrants' legal status and well-being : a difference-in-differences approach on Venezuelan displacement

Hammoud-Gallego, Omar - 2024

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Substituting Talent with Transactions : Acquisitions as Responses to Immigration Restrictions

Friedmann, Jens; Glennon, Britta; Hernandez, Zeke - 2025

We examine how firms respond to talent scarcity caused by restrictive immigration policies. We argue that when firms cannot build capabilities internally through hiring, they alter their boundaries by engaging in corporate acquisitions to make up for the foregone talent and capabilities. Using...

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It all adds up : reforming points-tested visas

Coates, Brendan; Wiltshire, Trent; Bradshaw, Natasha - 2024

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From Asia, With Skills

Khanna, Gaurav - 2025

This paper examines the rise of high-skill migration from Asia to the United States over the past three decades and its consequences for both sending and receiving economies. Between 1990 and 2019, migrants from five Asian countries--India, China, South Korea, Japan, and the...

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Migration policy and the supply of foreign physicians : evidence from the Conrad 30 waiver program

Braga, Breno; Khanna, Gaurav; Turner, Sarah E. - 2024

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Migration Policy and the Supply of Foreign Physicians : Evidence from the Conrad 30 Waiver Program

Braga, Breno; Khanna, Gaurav; Turner, Sarah E. - 2023

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Tourism Visa Openness Report 2023

2024

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Medical worker migration and origin-country human capital : evidence from U.S. visa policy

Abarcar, Paolo; Theoharides, Caroline - 2024

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Should countries auction immigrant visas? : selling the right to immigrate to the highest bidders would allocate visas efficiently but might raise ethical concerns

Zavodny, Madeline - 2023

Many immigrant destination countries face considerable pressure to change their immigration policies. One of the most innovative policies is auctioning the right to immigrate or to hire a foreign worker to the highest bidders. Visa auctions would be more efficient than current ways of allocating...

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Should countries auction immigrant visas? : selling the right to immigrate to the highest bidders would allocate visas efficiently but might raise ethical concerns

Zavodny, Madeline - 2015

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Structured luck : downstream effects of the U.S. Diversity Visa Program

Imoagene, Onoso - 2024

"The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is a lottery that awards winners from underrepresented countries the chance to apply for legal permanent resident status in the United States. The program serves as one of the main migration pathways for Africans entering the country, yet despite its long...

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UNWTO Brief – Digital Nomad Visas

2023

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Visa as Property, Visa as Collateral

Brown, Eleanor Marie - 2022

Although the "tragic choice" framework has not been applied in the context of U.S. immigration law, current immigration policy is rife with tragic choices, defined as a commitment by policy elites to maintaining certain illusions which shield from public view tough policy choices that offend...

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Waiting to work : employment among dependent spouses of H-1B visa holders in the U.S.

Zavodny, Madeline - 2024

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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US

Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2023

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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US

Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2022

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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US

Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2020

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How do US visa policies affect unauthorized immigration?

Kovak, Brian K.; Lessem, Rebecca - 2020

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How Do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?

Kovak, Brian K.; Lessem, Rebecca - 2022

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How do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?

Kovak, Brian K. - 2020

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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries

Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022

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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries

Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022

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The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms : Evidence from Visa Lotteries

Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022

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Returns to international migration : evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia visa lottery

Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; Sharif, Iffath A.; Shrestha, … - 2023

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Covid-19 across European regions : the role of border controls

Eckardt, Matthias; Kappner, Kalle; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2020

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Covid-19 across European regions : the role ofborder controls

Eckardt, Matthias; Kappner, Kalle; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2020

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COVID-19 across European regions : the role of border controls

Eckardt, Matthias; Kappner, Kalle; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2020

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Give me your tired, your poor, your high-skilled labor : H-1B lottery outcomes and entrepreneurial success

Dimmock, Stephen G.; Huang, Jiekun; Weisbenner, Scott J. - 2022

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Give me your tired, your poor, your high-skilled labor : H-1B lottery outcomes and entrepreneurial success

Dimmock, Stephen G.; Huang, Jiekun; Weisbenner, Scott J. - 2019

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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor : H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success

Dimmock, Stephen G. - 2020

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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor : H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success

Dimmock, Stephen G. - 2019

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Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor : H-1b Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success

Dimmock, Stephen G. - 2019

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Raising the Spouse Visa Age

Yeo, Colin - 2022

Discusses the changes to the minimum age to establish an application for a visas for a spouse or partner from 18 years to 21 years, commenting on its role in preventing exploitation and forced marriages. Examines: (1) the development of the reasons for the changes, outlining the proposals of a...

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The impact of COVID-19 international travel restrictions on services-trade costs : some illustrative scenarios

Benz, Sebastian; Gonzales, Frederic; Mourougane, Annabelle - 2020

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The opportunity trap : high-skilled workers, Indian families, and the failures of the dependent visa program

Banerjee, Pallavi - 2022

Introduction. The Anatomy of State-Imposed Dependence -- The Visa Regime: Indian Migration and the Interplay of Race and Gender -- Model Migrants and Ideal Workers: How Visa Laws Penalize and Control -- Beholden to Employers: Gendered and Racialized Dependence -- At Home: Dependent Spouses and...

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Assessing Visa Costs on a Global Scale

Recchi, Ettore - 2020

Visas are an important means for countries to regulate incoming mobility flows. Past datasets and quantitative research on visas have focused on visa waivers, ignoring the fact that visas, where demanded, can vary greatly by cost. This paper presents a novel dataset based on a manual collection...

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A righteous smokescreen : postwar America and the politics of cultural globalization

Lebovic, Sam - 2022

"In the years immediately after World War II, the United States broadcast to the world not just its power but its values. Sam Lebovic here focuses on one of those professed ideals: the free flow of information. That trope became a proxy for America's special brand of imperial democracy, and it...

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Japan's inbound tourism boom : lessons for its post-COVID-19 revival

Anh Thi Ngoc Nguyen - 2020

In this paper, we review developments in Japanese inbound tourism and investigate the main determinants of its rapid growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model with data on 34 tourism source markets from 1996Q1 to 2018Q4, we find that not...

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Foreign-born graduates and innovation : Evidence from an Australian skilled visa program

Crown, Daniel; Faggian, Alessandra; Corcoran, Jonathan - 2020

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Barriers to exit

2006

Unlike previous empirical studies that focus on barriers to entry in international trade, we focus on barriers to exit as measured by passport costs for a crosssection of countries. We test four common theories on the determinants of such exit barriers and find that macroeconomic and brain-drain...

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Barriers to Exit

2019

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New data and facts on H-1B workers across firms

Mayda, Anna Maria; Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2020

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Repealing H-4 Visa Work Authorization : A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Brannon, Ike; McGee, M. Kevin - 2019

In 2015 the Obama Administration authorized temporary work permits for the spouses of H-1B visa holders who were awaiting green cards. Over 90,000 of these H-4 visa holders have since received a work permit,1 known as an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), and three-fourths of them are...

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Transition of International STEM Students to the US Labor Market : The Role of Visa Policy

Demirci, Murat - 2020

This study analyzes how visa policies affect international students' transition to the U.S. labor market after the completion of their studies. The Optional Practical Training (OPT) program permits international students to work in the United States via a student visa for a limited period after...

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Skilled migration to South Australia 2010 - 2014 : profile and employment outcomes of recent permanent and temporary migrants

Cebulla, Andreas; Tan, George - 2019

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Comment on "How do U.S. visa policies affect unauthorized immigration"

Bishop, Kelly C. - 2020

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Temporäre Arbeitsvisa als Lösung für irreguläre Zuwanderung

Poutvaara, Panu - 2019

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Visa trial of international trade : evidence from support vector machines and neural networks

Akman, Engin; Karaman, Abdullah S.; Kuzey, Cemil - 2020

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Visa Restrictions and Economic Globalisation

Czaika, Mathias - 2018

The cross-border mobility of people, goods and services, and capital has expanded enormously both in intensity and diversity over recent decades. States have a general interest in facilitating these flows in order to benefit from economic globalisation. Yet, mainly due to security concerns, most...

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