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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic InventionWilliam R. KerrHarvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit William Fabius LincolnUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor - College of Literature, Science & the Arts December 16, 2008 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 09-005 Abstract: This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in cities and firms dependent upon the program relative to their peers. Most specifications find weak crowding-in effects or no effect at all for native patenting. Total invention increases with higher admission levels primarily through the direct contributions of ethnic inventors.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 50 Keywords: Innovation, Research and Development, Patents, Scientists, Engineers, Inventors, H-1B, Immigration, Ethnicity, India, China, Endogenous Growth. JEL Classification: F15, F22, J44, J61, O31. working papers seriesDate posted: December 17, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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