TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mayda, Anna Maria
AU  - Ortega, Francesc
AU  - Peri, Giovanni
AU  - Shih, Kevin Y.
AU  - Sparber, Chad
        TI  - The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
        PY  - 2018/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11345
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11345
        AB  - The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research institutions. Existing H-1B holders seeking to renew their visa were also exempt from the quota. Using a triple difference approach, this paper demonstrates that cap restrictions significantly reduced the employment of new H-1B workers in for-profit firms relative to what would have occurred in an unconstrained environment. Employment of similar natives in for-profit firms did not change, consistent with a low degree of substitutability between H-1B and native workers. The restriction also redistributed H-1Bs toward computer-related occupations, Indian-born workers, and firms using the H-1B program intensively.
        KW  - natural experiment
KW  - H-1B
KW  - skilled workers
        ER  -