The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10969671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sankar Mukhopadhyay (0000-0002-1824-8843, Department of Economics, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA, corresponding author), David Oxborrow (Department of Economics, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 219-237 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-011-0079-3 |
| PMID | 22161232 |
| OpenAlex | W1995014345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 17 |
The need for and role of highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. economy is fiercely debated. Proponents and opponents agree that temporary foreign workers are paid a lower wage than are natives. This lower wage partly originates from the restricted mobility of workers while on a temporary visa. In this article, we estimate the wage gain to employment-based immigrants from acquiring permanent U.S. residency. We use data from the New Immigrant Survey (2003) and implement a difference-in-difference propensity score matching estimator. We find that for employer-sponsored immigrants, the acquisition of a green card leads to an annual wage gain of about $11,860
Business · Economics · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Mathematics · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Starting Points
High-skilled STEM immigration in the United States
Legally ever after
US Permanent Residency, Job Mobility, and Earnings
H-1B Visas and Wages in Accounting
Overeducated and Underpaid
Visa Wait Times and Future Earnings
Pathways to Permanence
Returns to Foreign and Host Country Qualifications
Regulation on Migrant Workers’ Employment in the Israeli Construction Sector
Inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns of skilled guest workers
How Restricted is the Job Mobility of Skilled Temporary Work Visa Holders
The Effects of Green Cards on the Wages and Innovations of New PhDs
Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis
Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
The Penn World Table (Mark 5)
Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?
Estimation of Average Treatment Effects Based on Propensity Scores
Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator
Profiling the New Immigrant Worker
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator
Propensity Score-Matching Methods for Nonexperimental Causal Studies
Self-selection, earnings, and out-migration
Skilled temporary and permanent immigrants in the United States
You can go home again
The new immigrant survey pilot (NIS-P)
Understanding Mexican Migration to the United States
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |