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H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of International Students in the United States

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Delia Furtado
Journal of Human Resources, March 2019, 54 (2) 401-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.0816.8167R1
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
Professor of economics at San Diego State University.
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Associate professor of economics at the University of Connecticut.
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vol. 54 no. 2 401-429
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.0816.8167R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received August 1, 2016
  • Accepted September 1, 2017
  • Published online April 16, 2019.

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  1. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (camuedod{at}mail.sdsu.edu)
  1. Professor of economics at San Diego State University.
  1. Delia Furtado (Delia.Furtado{at}uconn.edu)
  1. Associate professor of economics at the University of Connecticut.
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