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Saturday, January 25, 2020

Politics and Economics of Immigration

POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION
Why Hostility to Immigration Runs So Deep
Noah Smith notes:
“Tilting the immigration system toward skilled workers, as Canada and other countries do, won’t just help keep government coffers flush — it might help preserve broad support for both immigration and the welfare state, even in the face of stubborn public misperceptions.”
Related:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h06i3hze5oisnii/Alesina_Stantcheva_Redistribution.pdf?dl=0 
HIGH-SKILLED IMMIGRATION
Talented Immigrants Make the U.S. Richer, Not Poorer
Why Are Some Immigrant Groups More Successful than Others?
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor: H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success

High-skilled immigration and the growing concentration of US innovation
Skilled Immigrants and Innovation

COMPETITION FOR GLOBAL TALENT
As immigrant techies shun the US, its neighbor has rolled out the red carpet
Increasingly, skilled techies look to Canada as US tightens immigration rules
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