The Contribution of International Graduate Students to US Innovation
The impact of international students in the United States on innovative activity is estimated using a model of idea generation. Results indicate that the presence of foreign graduate students has a significant and positive impact on both future patent applications and future patents awarded to university and non-university institutions. Our central estimates suggest that a 10% increase in the number of foreign graduate students would raise patent applications by 4.5%, university patent grants by 6.8% and non-university patent grants by 5.0%. Thus, reductions in foreign graduate students from visa restrictions could significantly reduce US innovative activity. Increases in skilled immigration also have a positive, but smaller, impact on patenting.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2008
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| Subjects: | Higher Education and Research Institutions I230, Geographic Labor Mobility, Immigrant Workers J610, Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O310, Intellectual Property Rights O340, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5511 |
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