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Settling for Academia? H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of International Students in the United States

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Delia Furtado
Published online before print December 05, 2017, 0816-8167r1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.0816.8167R1
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes is a professor of economics at San Diego State University, . Delia Furtado is an associate professor of economics at the University of Connecticut, .
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Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes is a professor of economics at San Diego State University, . Delia Furtado is an associate professor of economics at the University of Connecticut, .
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The yearly cap on H-1B visas became binding for the first time in 2004, making it harder for college-educated foreigners to work in the United States. However, academic institutions are exempt from the cap and citizens of five countries (Canada, Mexico, Chile, Singapore, and Australia) have access to alternative work visas. We exploit those exemptions to gauge how immigrant career choices have been affected by the binding visa cap. Among other impacts, the binding cap raised international students’ likelihood of employment in academia, even outside of their field of study, a result consistent with the notion of “settling” for academia.

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Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Delia Furtado
Journal of Human Resources Dec 2017, 0816-8167r1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.54.2.0816.8167R1

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Settling for Academia? H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of International Students in the United States
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Delia Furtado
Journal of Human Resources Dec 2017, 0816-8167r1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.54.2.0816.8167R1
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