The Role of Immigrants and Foreign Students in Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie, Organizers

April 27, 2018

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

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

Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts (slides)
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)
Discussant: Thomas Astebro, HEC Paris
11:15 am

Returnee Migrants' Self-selection: Evidence For Indian Inventors In The US (slides)
Discussant: Prithwiraj Choudhury, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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)
Discussant: Patricia Cortés, Boston University and NBER
2:15 pm

The Effect of H-1B Visas on Firms: Evidence from Publicly Traded Firms (slides)
Discussant: Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

High-Skilled Immigrant Networking and Innovation (slides)
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)
Discussant: Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut
4:45 pm
Adjourn