Does scientist immigration harm US science? An examination of the knowledge spillover channel
Abstract
The recruitment of foreign-trained scientists enhances US science through an expanded workforce but could also cause harm by displacing better connected domestically-trained scientists, thereby reducing localized knowledge spillovers. We develop a model in which a sufficient condition for the absence of overall harm is that foreign-trained scientists generate at least the same level of localized spillovers as the domestically-trained scientists...
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Title
Does scientist immigration harm US science? An examination of the knowledge spillover channel
Published Date
Jun 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
48
Issue
5
Pages
1248 - 1259
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