QUOTAS AND QUALITY: THE EFFECT OF H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS ON THE POOL OF PROSPECTIVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM ABROAD

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kato, Takao; Sparber, Chad
• 署名单位: Colgate University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Columbia University; University of Tokyo; Aarhus University; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00245
• 发表日期: 2013-03
• 页码: 109-126
• 关键词: immigration; sat; INNOVATION; rankings

摘要

In October 2003, the United States drastically reduced the number of H-1B visas available for foreign-born workers. Such restrictions could make U.S. colleges less attractive to foreign students considering an American education as a pathway to U.S. employment. Citizens from five countries are de facto exempt from the visa restrictions, however. Our difference-indifference estimates show that restrictive immigration policy reduced SAT scores of international applicants by about 1.5% and decreased the number of SAT score reports sent by international students at the top quintile of the SAT score distribution. Restrictive immigration policy disproportionately discourages high-ability international students from pursuing education in the United States.