The accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce [[electronic resource] ] : implications for immigration policy / / Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807046603321
• Autore: Kirkegaard Jacob F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-12516-4; 9786611125165; 0-88132-484-1; 1-4356-1644-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Collana: Policy analyses in international economics ; ; 84
• Soggetti: Skilled labor - United States; United States Emigration and immigration Government policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 High-Skilled Workers: Stagnating in the United States, Rising Fast in Other Countries? -- Size and Educational Attainment of Resident US Population -- Size and Educational Characteristics of Foreign-Born Populations in Rich Countries -- High-Skilled Workers in Science and Engineering -- Global High-Skilled Talent: An Increasingly Sought After Resource -- Chapter 2 Current US High-Skilled Immigration System -- Permanent High-Skilled Immigration -- Temporary High-Skilled Immigration -- Chapter 3 Welfare Trade-Off, US Software Workers, and Immigration Quotas -- Welfare Economic Efficiency Versus Equity Trade-Off -- Software Workers: The Most Affected High-Skilled Americans -- Matching Employers with Foreign High-Skilled Workers -- Chapter 4 A Reform Package -- Summary of Findings -- Implications and Recommendations for Reform -- Statistical Appendix -- References -- Index.