Kirkegaard explores the increasingly dysfunctional state of present US high-skilled immigration laws and recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. In recent decades American skill levels have stagnated and struggled to make the global top 10. As baby boomers retire, the United States risks losing these skills altogether. In response, the United States should address high-skilled immigration in its broader foreign economic policies in an attempt to remain a global leader in the face of accelerating global economic integration.
- 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
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