Many of the world's best and brightest want to work in the United States. But U.S. immigration policy does a bad job of enabling them to do so — undermining the nation's economic growth, a paper out Wednesday morning argues.
Why it matters: Top engineering, research, and entrepreneurial talent generate outsize economic gains. But the structure of visa programs that allow new workers in isn't optimized to select for that talent, researchers argue, so potential gains in productivity and growth are lost.
