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- 27 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms
- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
applicants hold a bachelor's degree or higher and there are minimum salaries that must be met for positions. Visas are requested by the employer for a specific individual. Microsoft, for example, is the lead actor when it makes an H-1B... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Hiring International Students
Long-Term Employment The H-1B category is the most common long-term work visa but it may be just one option for you. In fact, each year more than 25,000 US companies employ at least one international worker in View Details
- 19 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 13 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
The U.S. Job Search for International Students
students to get work visas at larger companies? The most common, and sought after, long-term skilled visa category in the U.S. is the H-1B Temporary Specialty Worker classification. H-1B visas do require... View Details
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
Bloomberg Opinion H-1B lottery change would help Google, Facebook, Apple and hurt outsourcers Ethan Baron 24 Oct 2018 | The Mercury News Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities Richard Florida 18 Oct 2018 | CityLab What Will Trump Do... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
principally relies on employers to select skilled immigrants through programs like the H-1B visa. “There are many pros and cons for each route, with the employer-based approach allowing firms to find candidates they really want and also... View Details
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The Gift of Global Talent
Gas Restoration William R. Kerr 29 Oct 2018 | Bloomberg Radio Global talent fosters innovation and collaborative patents Sari Pekkala Kerr & William Kerr 28 Oct 2018 | LSE Business Review America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away Noah Smith 24 Oct 2018 |... View Details
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
cards. If you have questions, please email our office. Common US Business Visas + – H-1 Temporary Specialty Occupation This is the most common business visa classification. However there is a quota on the number of new H-1B visas issued... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
2010-2011 H. Gregg Lewis Prize from the Journal of Labor Economics for his paper with William F. Lincoln “The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and U.S. Ethnic Innovation” (July 2010). 2010 Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2010... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
they found further evidence to bear out those general findings. For the past two decades, firms have lobbied to raise the cap on so-called H-1B visas, which allow companies to offer jobs to skilled foreign workers. Back in the late 1990s,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 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
Jeff Goldman
who want to implement a similar program. He is founder of Open Avenues Foundation, a non-profit organization that also assists individuals and companies with securing cap-exempt H-1B status, and which now is the flagship cap-exempt View Details
Jeff Goldman
who want to implement a similar program. He is founder of Open Avenues Foundation, a non-profit organization that also assists individuals and companies with securing cap-exempt H-1B status, and which now is the flagship cap-exempt View Details
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Jeff Goldman
obtain cap-exempt H-1B visas; regular speaker at Harvard, MIT, and Brown; honored for pro bono work by many organizations; highest rating for lawyers; past President of New England Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association. My... View Details
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Minoshka Narayan
speak to the day-to-day of various roles within the industry and transferrable skills students can highlight if they want to explore different industries while at HBS. Finally, as an international student, she has first-hand experience around navigating OPT, STEM, as... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- Blog Post
Career Resources for International Students
H-1B visa sponsorship has very little to do with company size and is more closely tied to industry and/or a specific company’s policies. We have observed that smaller, earlier stage companies are increasingly willing to pursue visa... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
employment structures within 319 large employer firms and top patenting firms during the period between 1995 and 2008. Many firms bring in immigrants through the firm-sponsored H-1B visa, the largest program for temporary skilled... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Chad Sparber looked at changes in applications to U.S. colleges before and after the reduction in the annual quota of H-1B visas that took effect in 2003. (The H-1B visa is the United States’ largest visa... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigration in the United States. For example, even though advocates often use examples like Brin to argue for expanding the H-1B program, which is used for employment-based immigration by adults, the Google founder actually came to the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding