Does Scientist Immigration Harm US Science? An Examination of Spillovers

Published: Apr 1, 2018
Abstract
The recruitment of foreign scientists enhances US science through an expanded workforce but could also cause harm by displacing better connected domestic scientists, thereby reducing localized knowledge spillovers. We develop a model in which a sufficient condition for the absence of overall harm is that immigrant scientists generate at least the same level of localized spillovers as the domestic scientists they displace. To test this condition,...
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Title
Does Scientist Immigration Harm US Science? An Examination of Spillovers
Published Date
Apr 1, 2018
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