Séminaire d’économie de Bordeaux
Ina Ganguli
University of Massachussets
Impacts of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on International Students
Ina Ganguli (UMass Amherst) and Megan MacGarvie (Boston University)
The migration of international students, particularly in STEM fields, has the potential to contribute significantly to science and innovation activities in host and home countries. This project examines the impacts of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which repealed the national origins quota system, and was part of a broader effort to eliminate race discrimination from U.S. law. After the policy change, immigration increased substantially from countries outside of Europe, particularly from Latin America and Asia. Using an event study difference-in-differences design, we estimate the causal impact of the law on the retention and scientific contributions of international doctoral students by analyzing data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, a census of all doctoral recipients at US institutions, and Scopus publications.
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