BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Memento EPFL//
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Seminar by Prof. Megan MacGarvie\, Boston University
DTSTART:20180309T120000
DTEND:20180309T133000
DTSTAMP:20260429T125409Z
UID:a8e87c7fbd55bb826da65fdbfba960ac321ff3c3f2256c1e83b9ffa1
CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Megan MacGarvie\, Boston University\n"Immigration Policy
  and Stay Rates of STEM PhDs"\n\nAbstract:\nThe US trains a large share of
  the world’s PhD scientists\, many of whom are students of foreign origi
 n who then remain in the US after completing their studies\, providing an 
 important source of highly-skilled STEM labor to the US workforce. Current
 ly\, the countries that send the most STEM doctoral students to the US –
  China and India – are also among those with the highest stay rate\, or
  the fraction of students who stay in the US after their studies. However
 \, the percentage with definite plans to remain in the US has recently fa
 llen\, according to NSF summary statistics. In this paper\, we measure whe
 ther the actual medium term stay rates mirror these intentions\, using n
 ewly available NSF micro-data that follows careers and locations of a samp
 le of US-granted PhDs. We then investigate what may have caused these decl
 ines\, particularly focusing on visa policy. Newly-binding country limits 
 on permanent visas for those with advanced degrees are associated with a 1
 0 percentage point decrease in stay rates from China and India. We also es
 timate that students whose graduate studies were funded by a foreign gover
 nment – who typically come to the US on visas with a return requirement 
 – are 26 percentage points more likely to leave the US\, all else equal\
 , although the fraction of students affected by these requirements is smal
 l and they are found primarily in fields of study which may have greater a
 pplicability in the home country. By contrast the per-country permanent vi
 sa cap affects a large share of STEM PhDs who are disproportionately found
  in fields of study that have high potential to contribute to US economic 
 growth but enroll relatively few natives. Finally\, we measure the contrib
 ution of macroeconomic and scientific growth in the countries of origin to
  stay rates. These factors have less effect in attracting students home th
 an the visa policy has in discouraging them from remaining in the US. Per
 -country limits thus appear to play a significant role in constraining the
  supply of highly skilled STEM workers in the US economy.\n\n\n 
LOCATION:ODY 4 03\, VIP Room https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=ODY403
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR