The need for and role of highly skilled immigrant workers in the U. S. economy is fiercely debated. Proponents and opponents agree that temporary foreign workers are paid a lower wage than are natives. This lower wage partly originates from the restricted mobility of workers while on a temporary visa. In this article, we estimate the wage gain to employment-based immigrants from acquiring permanent U. S. residency. We use data from the New Immigrant Survey (2003) and implement a difference-in-difference propensity score matching estimator. We find that for employer-sponsored immigrants, the acquisition of a green card leads to an annual wage gain of about $11,860. © 2011 Population Association of America.
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Mukhopadhyay, S., & Oxborrow, D. (2012). The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card. Demography, 49(1), 219–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-011-0079-3
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