Permanent Visas and Temporary Jobs: Evidence from Postdoctoral Participation of Foreign PhDs in the United States

Autor/in	Lan, Xiaohuan
Titel	Permanent Visas and Temporary Jobs: Evidence from Postdoctoral Participation of Foreign PhDs in the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 31 (2012) 3, S.623-640 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.21639
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Labor Market; Probability; Foreign Students; Postdoctoral Education; Temporary Employment; Foreign Policy; Immigrants; Foreign Nationals; Participation; Predictor Variables; Eligibility; Least Squares Statistics; Social Status; Career Choice; Research Needs; Demography; Graduate Surveys; Employment Potential; Geographic Location; Asians; Robustness (Statistics); Policy Analysis; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Zeitarbeit; Außenpolitik; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Teilnahme; Prädiktor; Eignung; Sozialer Status; Forschungsbedarf; Demografie; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Politikfeldanalyse; USA
Abstract	About 75 percent of U.S.-trained, noncitizen PhDs in science and engineering work in the United States after graduation, and 54 percent of those who stay take postdoctoral positions. The probability of postdoctoral participation is substantially higher for temporary visa holders than for permanent visa holders because of visa-related restrictions in the U.S. labor market. To identify the causal effects of visa status on entry into a postdoctoral position, this paper uses a unique shock to visa status generated by the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992. Eligibility for the act is used as an instrumental variable for visa status. Two-stage least-square estimates show that permanent visa holders are 24 percent less likely to take postdoctoral positions than temporary visa holders. The effects of a permanent visa vary considerably across research fields, but for most fields, it reduces postdoctoral participation significantly. (Contains 27 footnotes, 6 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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