The Role of Immigrants and Foreign Students in Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Organized by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie
Supported by the National Science Foundation
April 27, 2018
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Thursday, April 26
6:30 pm
Dinner at Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
Friday, April 27
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:35 am
Welcome Remarks
8:45 am

U.S. Immigration Policies and the STEM Entrepreneurial Workforce (slides)

Michael Roach, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology
John Skrentny, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER
9:30 am

Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts (slides)

Kirk B. Doran, University of Notre Dame
Chungeun Yoon, University of Notre Dame

Discussant:
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am

Are Immigrants More Innovative? Evidence from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (slides)

J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
John S. Earle, George Mason University
Mee Jung Kim, Sejong University
Kyung Min Lee, The World Bank

Discussant:
Thomas Astebro, HEC Paris
11:15 am

Returnee Migrants' Self-selection: Evidence For Indian Inventors In The US (slides)

Stefano Breschi, Bocconi University
Francesco Lissoni, Université de Bordeaux
Ernest Miguelez, AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona

Discussant:
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard University
12:00 noon
Lunch and Panel
Aman Verjee, 500 Startups
Ben Waber, CEO of Humanyze
David Weil, Brandeis University
1:30 pm

High-Skill Immigration, Innovation, and Creative Destruction (slides)

Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Munseob Lee, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Patricia Cortés, Boston University and NBER
2:15 pm

The Effect of H-1B Visas on Firms: Evidence from Publicly Traded Firms (slides)

Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Francesc Ortega, Queens College and Graduate Center CUNY
Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER
Chad Sparber, Colgate University
Kevin Y. Shih, University of California, Riverside

Discussant:
Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

High-Skilled Immigrant Networking and Innovation (slides)

Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Anne N. Le Brun, Harvard University
4:00 pm

Will the U.S. Keep the Best and the Brightest (as Post-docs)? Career and Location Preferences of Foreign STEM PhDs (slides)

Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Patrick Gaule, University of Bristol

Discussant:
Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut
4:45 pm
Adjourn