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Indian STEM Immigrants created 30-50% of ALL US Productivity Growth

This is what I suspected, that most of what the US has "...
diverse walnut lay
  01/31/26
I **found summaries and excerpts of the article you asked ab...
diverse walnut lay
  01/31/26
such great talent should be in india, helping india grow.
Vivacious Navy Dilemma Circlehead
  01/31/26
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Pearly Swashbuckling Stage Mad Cow Disease
  01/31/26
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coral motley roommate
  01/31/26
We really need to get rid of the T and keep it pure SEM.
Hairraiser Faggotry New Version
  01/31/26
This guy has just achieved a 25% gain in “productivity...
nighttime step-uncle's house antidepressant drug
  01/31/26
You're citing made up nonsense posted by a troll. I'd trade ...
Mind-boggling feces
  01/31/26
its from a published article from the UNIV OF CHICAGO, a lit...
diverse walnut lay
  01/31/26
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domesticated scourge upon the earth state
  01/31/26
*measured in terms of volume of street feces
gold contagious abode
  01/31/26
Autoadmit.com poasting growth as an economic indicator
coral motley roommate
  01/31/26
thats bs they have to go back
Twinkling community account hissy fit
  01/31/26
seems its YOU who shld go back
diverse walnut lay
  01/31/26
no i meant you have to be deported back here tommy
Twinkling community account hissy fit
  01/31/26
180
coral motley roommate
  01/31/26
mean
diverse walnut lay
  01/31/26
to greenland i meant not to the actual us.
Twinkling community account hissy fit
  01/31/26
better but still mean
diverse walnut lay
  02/01/26
"By one estimate" jews
Mischievous affirmative action private investor
  01/31/26
lol at this source https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/...
Mischievous affirmative action private investor
  01/31/26
looks prestigious as furk, stop being an anti semite
diverse walnut lay
  02/01/26
If I fire 10 native white employees and replace them with 20...
Fuchsia Spot
  02/01/26
no the reality is the birdshits never cld do these jerbs, ju...
diverse walnut lay
  02/01/26


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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:41 AM
Author: diverse walnut lay

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.

https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/2017576704852860963

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635164)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:46 AM
Author: diverse walnut lay

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: Vivacious Navy Dilemma Circlehead

such great talent should be in india, helping india grow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635192)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 9:49 AM
Author: Pearly Swashbuckling Stage Mad Cow Disease



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:43 PM
Author: coral motley roommate



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:56 AM
Author: Hairraiser Faggotry New Version

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=5310909#49635224)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:33 AM
Author: nighttime step-uncle's house antidepressant drug

This guy has just achieved a 25% gain in “productivity”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635389)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:42 AM
Author: Mind-boggling feces

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=5310909#49635400)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:03 PM
Author: diverse walnut lay

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=5310909#49636251)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 10:42 AM
Author: domesticated scourge upon the earth state



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: gold contagious abode

*measured in terms of volume of street feces

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635820)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:39 PM
Author: coral motley roommate

Autoadmit.com poasting growth as an economic indicator

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635826)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Twinkling community account hissy fit

thats bs they have to go back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49635842)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:03 PM
Author: diverse walnut lay

seems its YOU who shld go back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49636254)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: Twinkling community account hissy fit

no i meant you have to be deported back here tommy

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Date: January 31st, 2026 4:05 PM
Author: coral motley roommate

180

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Date: January 31st, 2026 5:40 PM
Author: diverse walnut lay

mean

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49636456)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 7:59 PM
Author: Twinkling community account hissy fit

to greenland i meant not to the actual us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49636791)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:59 AM
Author: diverse walnut lay

better but still mean

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49637615)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: Mischievous affirmative action private investor

"By one estimate"

jews

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49636799)



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Date: January 31st, 2026 8:03 PM
Author: Mischievous affirmative action private investor

lol at this source

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/679061?journalCode=jole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49636807)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 1:59 AM
Author: diverse walnut lay

looks prestigious as furk, stop being an anti semite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49637616)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 2:02 AM
Author: Fuchsia Spot

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=5310909#49637618)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 2:07 AM
Author: diverse walnut lay

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5829099&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310909#49637621)