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Indian STEM Immigrants created 30-50% of ALL US Productivity Growth
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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:41 AM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge This is what I suspected, that most of what the US has "achieved" in the last 30-40 years is cause of Pajeets and Chungs
"By one estimate, foreign STEM workers immigrating to the United States accounted for between 30 to 50 percent of all U.S. productivity growth between 1990 and 2010."
It's not irrational to be be a one issue voter on high skill immigration.
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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:46 AM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge I **found summaries and excerpts of the article you asked about**, but **the full text isn’t available free online**, so we don’t have an exact quantitative breakdown of how much of productivity growth is *directly attributed* to STEM worker migrants in precise percentage terms. However, the **abstract and analysis in reviews do clearly state the core finding**:
### 📊 What *STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities* actually says
📌 The authors study **219 U.S. cities from 1990–2010** and use historical variation in H-1B visas to isolate *supply-driven* increases in STEM workers. They find:
* Growth in foreign STEM workers is associated with **increases in total factor productivity** in U.S. cities. ([Giovanni Peri][1]) * STEM worker increases are linked to **significant wage gains** for college-educated natives and smaller but positive gains for non-college-educated natives, suggesting productivity effects. ([econdataus.com][2])
💡 In plain language, the paper’s results imply that:
> **STEM worker migrants contributed significantly to productivity growth in U.S. cities** between 1990 and 2010 by raising total factor productivity, expanding innovation, and complementing the native labor force. ([Giovanni Peri][1])
**However**, the abstract and publicly available summaries do **not provide a single numerical estimate (% of productivity growth due to foreign STEM)** in the abstract itself that we can quote directly without the full paper.
The study *does* provide quantitative estimates like:
* A **1 percentage point increase in the foreign STEM share of employment** raises college-educated native wage growth by about **7–8 percentage points** and non-college wages by **3–4 points**, which reflects productivity and labor market effects of STEM immigrants. ([econdataus.com][2])
But the exact fraction of **overall city productivity growth attributable specifically to STEM foreign workers** (e.g., “X% of productivity growth came from H-1B STEM migrants”) is part of the paper’s internal results, not the publicly released abstract.
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## 📌 Summary of key points
**📍 What the paper *does say*** ✔ STEM worker growth increases total factor productivity in U.S. cities. ([Giovanni Peri][1]) ✔ The presence of foreign STEM workers boosts native wages — especially for college graduates — and raises local productivity indicators like specialization in cognitive occupations. ([IDEAS/RePEc][3]) ✔ These effects are identified using H-1B visa variation and historical clustering of foreign STEM workers. ([IDEAS/RePEc][4])
**📍 What the paper *doesn’t say (in the abstract)*** ❌ A single clear percentage of total productivity growth *caused by* STEM migrants isn’t quoted in the abstract itself. That requires the full article tables/estimates.
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## If you want the precise numbers
I can help you:
* Find a working paper version with the detailed regression tables * Summarize the specific quantitative estimates on productivity * Explain how the authors interpret those numbers
Just tell me which part of the results you want (e.g., **productivity impacts vs wage impacts**).
[1]: https://giovanniperi.ucdavis.edu/stem-workers-h-1b-visas-and-productivity-in-us-cities.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "immigration trade" [2]: https://econdataus.com/jole_pss1.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Analysis of \"STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities\"" [3]: https://ideas.repec.org/p/nor/wpaper/2013009.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "STEMWorkers, H1B Visas and Productivity in US Cities" [4]: https://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jlabec/doi10.1086-679061.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities"
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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:24 AM Author: pungent navy stead potus such great talent should be in india, helping india grow. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635192) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:49 AM Author: Dead Flatulent Theater French Chef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635305) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:43 PM Author: Misanthropic hateful spot personal credit line (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635838) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:56 AM Author: Cyan Black Woman We really need to get rid of the T and keep it pure SEM. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635224) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:33 AM Author: Red Place Of Business Incel This guy has just achieved a 25% gain in “productivity” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635389) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:42 AM Author: Bearded purple parlour You're citing made up nonsense posted by a troll. I'd trade that fake 30 percent for 0 Indians any day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635400) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:03 PM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge its from a published article from the UNIV OF CHICAGO, a literal conturd brothel of SCHOLARSHIP. u mad, faggot? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49636251) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:42 AM Author: bonkers hunting ground ceo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635403) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:38 PM Author: Lascivious autistic church building *measured in terms of volume of street feces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635820) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:39 PM Author: Misanthropic hateful spot personal credit line Autoadmit.com poasting growth as an economic indicator (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635826) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:45 PM Author: Tantric slippery church thats bs they have to go back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49635842) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:03 PM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge seems its YOU who shld go back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49636254) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:04 PM Author: Tantric slippery church no i meant you have to be deported back here tommy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49636257) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:40 PM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge mean (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49636456) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:59 PM Author: Tantric slippery church to greenland i meant not to the actual us. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49636791) |
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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:59 AM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge better but still mean (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49637615) |
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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:01 PM Author: Drab Den Clown "By one estimate"
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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:03 PM Author: Drab Den Clown lol at this source
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/679061?journalCode=jole |
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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:59 AM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge looks prestigious as furk, stop being an anti semite (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49637616) |
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Date: February 1st, 2026 2:02 AM Author: Disrespectful hell roast beef If I fire 10 native white employees and replace them with 20 Indians who are 50% as competent, the Indians are still responsible for all the 'productivity' they produce. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893#49637618) |
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Date: February 1st, 2026 2:07 AM Author: Federal windowlicker indian lodge no the reality is the birdshits never cld do these jerbs, just look at SAT math scores above 750, so US must import nowags and nowigs for these jerbs. if u dont then the jerb just wont happen in US and the resulting producitivty and downstream jerbs wont be created
simple as, birdshits |