The roles of immigrants and foreign students in US science, innovation, and entrepreneurship. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, Megan MacGarvie.
• Editors: Ganguli, Ina; Kahn, Shulamit Beth; MacGarvie, Megan
• Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie I. Location Choices of International Students and Return Migration 1. Return Migrants' Self-Selection: Evidence for Indian Inventors Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni, and Ernest Miguelez 2. Will the US Keep the Best and the Brightest (as Postdocs)? Career and Location Preferences of Foreign STEM PhDs Ina Ganguli and Patrick Gaulé II. Immigration Policy and Innovation 3. High-Skill Immigration, Innovation, and Creative Destruction Gaurav Khanna and Munseob Lee 4. New Data and Facts on H-1B Workers across Firms Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, Kevin Shih, and Chad Sparber 5. Immigration and Invention: Does Language Matter? Kirk Doran and Chungeun Yoon III. Immigration and Entrepreneurship 6. Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the US High-Tech Sector J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, and Kyung Min Lee 7. Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr 8. Are Foreign STEM PhDs More Entrepreneurial? Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Preferences, and Employment Outcomes of Native and Foreign Science and Engineering PhD Students Michael Roach, Henry Sauermann, and John Skrentny Contributors Author Index Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.620973; Skilled labor -- Economic aspects -- United States; Students, Foreign -- United States; Foreign workers -- United States; Immigrants -- United States; Technological innovations -- Demographic aspects -- United States; Science and industry -- United States; Entrepreneurship -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226695761
• Related ISBNs: 9780226695624
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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