Skilled Migration - Publications - Faculty & Research

2020
Working Paper

Global Talent and U.S. Immigration Policy

Talent is a critical resource for today’s knowledge economy. The United States has benefited substantially from high-skilled migration since the 1970s, especially with respect to innovation and entrepreneurship. This chapter reviews data on these immigrant... View Details

Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Immigration; Policy; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; United States

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05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49531 From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation during the Great Migration By: Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—How does the appearance of a new... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

School experts discuss the current quandary and potential policy and corporate solutions. William Kerr: Untangling migration and employment The immigration system to the United States is very complex. We have many people coming at many... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

United States' interest to attract and retain this highly skilled group. It is one of the easiest policy levers we have to influence our nation's rate of innovation. Q: Are countries that send their scholars to the United States losing... View Details

Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

01 Dec 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

two or three parameters like attitude and sincerity towards work; it should also measure domain knowledge, soft skills like leadership and managerial quality, creativity, and the ability to learn and adapt to the changing... View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

22 Sep 2009
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and Migrating Clusters of Innovation Author:William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

for policy choices.” Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, has researched the economic effects of global migration of workers for more than a decade, sometimes partnering with his wife,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

efforts but does not have much of an impact on their product development and other upstream activities. Level 3: The move from level 2 to level 3 is a major shift in both mindset and actions. The focus here migrates from selling products... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

too-commonly used term, not mine) are tradable on international labor markets. They especially follow the migration of manufacturing activity involving jobs requiring lower skills and compensation. Efforts... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

But commitment forms between firms.— Narakesari Narayandas "It doesn't happen from day one, much as you want it to," he said. "A lot of work and planning need to go into it. So make sure you get through the investment phase at the beginning—investing in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do displaced workers View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

07 Oct 2015
What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

seeking asylum who bring different skills and behaviors than immigrants. Germany’s problems, opportunities, and solutions are so different from those of the US, that its “model” for handling new arrivals has limited application. That’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the environmental challenges of climate change, scarce water, and depleted fishing stocks as well as by migration driven by both income inequality and the environment. Interestingly (given that we interviewed them in late 2007 and early... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

talent is diverse talent, and unique skills help grow the economy.” David Wittenberg put it this way: “If any H-1B visa holders have gone on to start large, profitable companies in the US, that is a great but unintended by-product of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

18 Oct 2016
First Look

October 18, 2016

Christopher Parsons Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

telecommuting is "dangerous to health"—the title of the column that prompted these responses—depends on several factors ranging from organizational culture and job type to skill level and personality. Eleanor Latimer adds... View Details