02837nam 22005654a 450 991080704660332120240417020205.01-281-12516-497866111251650-88132-484-11-4356-1644-8(CKB)1000000000481514(OCoLC)614593813(CaPaEBR)ebrary10202516(SSID)ssj0000096377(PQKBManifestationID)11130557(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096377(PQKBWorkID)10081806(PQKB)10786465(MiAaPQ)EBC3385469(Au-PeEL)EBL3385469(CaPaEBR)ebr10202516(EXLCZ)99100000000048151420071011d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce[electronic resource] implications for immigration policy /Jacob Funk Kirkegaard1st ed.Washington, DC Peterson Institute for International Economics20071 online resource (145 p.)Policy analyses in international economics ;84Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-88132-413-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and index.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.Policy analyses in international economics ;84.Skilled laborUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationGovernment policySkilled laborKirkegaard Jacob F1609992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807046603321The accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce4120765UNINA