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April 11, 2024, Opinion: "Long-term labor shortages continue to stoke debates about immigration policy in the United States. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members to…
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January 2024, Paper: "We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States during 1989-1995. This third and…
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April 28, 2022, Video: "Friday, April 29, 2022 2:00pm-3:20pm (ET), Panel Session…
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March 10, 2022, Paper: "Immigration is a central topic in public and public policy debates and will remain a critical issue in the foreseeable future. To reflect this importance…
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February 2022, Paper: "Over the past half-century, while self-employment has consistently accounted for around one in ten of the United States workforce, its composition has…
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October 6, 2021, Video: "This conversation is part of the Future of Work Pioneers Podcast. Today we are speaking with William Kerr, a professor at Harvard Business School and the…
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February 2021, Paper: "We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using US administrative data. Coethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and…
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June 2020, Paper, "Despite these contributions, there are calls to cease immigration programs like H-1B visas and Optional Practical Training (OPT). Those changes would come at a…
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May 11, 2020, Opinion, "It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter…
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Global Talent and U.S. Immigration Policy. William Kerr, 2020, Book Chapter, "Talent is the most valuable resource in our modern, knowledge-intensive economy, and the global…