Accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce: implications for immigration policy

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 High-Skilled Workers: Stagnating in the United States, Rising Fast in Other Countries? -- Size and Educational Attainment of Resident US Population -- Size and Educational Characteristics of Foreign-Born Populations in Rich Countries -- High-Skilled Workers in Science and Engineering -- Global High-Skilled Talent: An Increasingly Sought After Resource -- Chapter 2 Current US High-Skilled Immigration System -- Permanent High-Skilled Immigration -- Temporary High-Skilled Immigration -- Chapter 3 Welfare Trade-Off, US Software Workers, and Immigration Quotas -- Welfare Economic Efficiency Versus Equity Trade-Off -- Software Workers: The Most Affected High-Skilled Americans -- Matching Employers with Foreign High-Skilled Workers -- Chapter 4 A Reform Package -- Summary of Findings -- Implications and Recommendations for Reform -- Statistical Appendix -- References -- Index.