TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
AU  - Arenas-Arroyo, Esther
AU  - Mahajan, Parag
AU  - Schmidpeter, Bernhard
        TI  - Low-Wage Jobs, Foreign-Born Workers, and Firm Performance
        PY  - 2023/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16438
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16438
        AB  - How do migrant workers impact firm performance? We exploit an unexpected change in firms’ likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the U.S. H-2B visa program to address this question. Using comprehensive administrative data, we find that access to H-2B workers raises firms’ annual revenues and survival likelihood without crowding out other forms of employment. We do not find evidence of negative spillover effects on competitor firms. Our results support the notion that guest worker programs can mitigate labor shortages while limiting harm to incumbent workers.
        KW  - firm dynamics
KW  - employment
KW  - migrants
KW  - guest workers
KW  - H-2B visa
        ER  -