H-1B Visas, Offshoring, and the Wages of US Information Technology Workers
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 Last revised: 10 Jun 2010
Date Written: April 14, 2009
Abstract
We use new sources of micro-data to estimate the short-run impact that H-1B employment has had on IT wages. Our primary data source describes employers, demographics, and wages for a segment of the US IT workforce. We integrate these data with external datasets describing employers’ H-1B applications, available through Department of Labor databases, and offshore employment, measured through the self-reported employment of a large sample of offshore IT workers.
Keywords: IT Workers, Globalization, H-1B Visas, Offshoring, Immigration, Job Displacement, Labor Shortage, Skills
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Tambe, Prasanna and Hitt, Lorin M., H-1B Visas, Offshoring, and the Wages of US Information Technology Workers (April 14, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1380343
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