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Looking for the `Best and Brightest': Hiring difficulties and high-skilled foreign workers
RAUX, Morgan
2021
 

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Keywords :
H-1B Work Permit; Hiring difficulties; Web Scraping
Abstract :
[en] This paper studies the complementarity between domestic and foreign skilled workers. It develops a simple model where employers seek to recruit a foreign worker when finding domestic workers takes more time. This paper confirms the predictions of the model. I rely on a within-firm within-occupation identification strategy to compare recruitment decisions made by a given employer for similar positions that differ in job posting duration. To identify this relationship, I have collected and assembled a new and original dataset at the job level. I match online job postings to administrative data on labor condition applications (LCAs) submitted as the first step in applying for H-1B temporary skilled worker visas. I find that employers are 28 percent more likely to submit an LCA when the job posting duration is one standard deviation longer. I provide evidence suggesting that this phenomenon is due to insufficient domestic labor supply in these occupations.
Disciplines :
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
RAUX, Morgan ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM)
Language :
English
Title :
Looking for the `Best and Brightest': Hiring difficulties and high-skilled foreign workers
Publication date :
February 2021
Version :
Discussion paper 2021-05
Focus Area :
Migration and Inclusive Societies
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