LEADER 02837nam 22005654a 450 001 9910807046603321 005 20240417020205.0 010 $a1-281-12516-4 010 $a9786611125165 010 $a0-88132-484-1 010 $a1-4356-1644-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481514 035 $a(OCoLC)614593813 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10202516 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096377 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130557 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096377 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10081806 035 $a(PQKB)10786465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3385469 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3385469 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202516 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481514 100 $a20071011d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce$b[electronic resource] $eimplications for immigration policy /$fJacob Funk Kirkegaard 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cPeterson Institute for International Economics$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 225 1 $aPolicy analyses in international economics ;$v84 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-88132-413-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 121-126) and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 High-Skilled Workers: Stagnating in the United States, Rising Fast in Other Countries? -- Size and Educational Attainment of Resident US Population -- Size and Educational Characteristics of Foreign-Born Populations in Rich Countries -- High-Skilled Workers in Science and Engineering -- Global High-Skilled Talent: An Increasingly Sought After Resource -- Chapter 2 Current US High-Skilled Immigration System -- Permanent High-Skilled Immigration -- Temporary High-Skilled Immigration -- Chapter 3 Welfare Trade-Off, US Software Workers, and Immigration Quotas -- Welfare Economic Efficiency Versus Equity Trade-Off -- Software Workers: The Most Affected High-Skilled Americans -- Matching Employers with Foreign High-Skilled Workers -- Chapter 4 A Reform Package -- Summary of Findings -- Implications and Recommendations for Reform -- Statistical Appendix -- References -- Index. 410 0$aPolicy analyses in international economics ;$v84. 606 $aSkilled labor$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 615 0$aSkilled labor 700 $aKirkegaard$b Jacob F$01609992 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807046603321 996 $aThe accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce$94120765 997 $aUNINA