Based on Matloff's analysis, there's no evidence that those granted H-1B visas offer exceptional talents. Read full story on InformationWeek
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H-1B Workers Not Best Or Brightest, Study Says
Skilled foreign worker programs are causing a U.S. brain drain, an Economic Policy Institute report says.
March 04, 2013
Managers of high-tech companies insist they need more H-1B visas for foreign IT workers to ensure access to the best and brightest workforce. But a study released on Thursday finds that imported IT talent is often less talented than U.S. workers.
The study, published by the Economic Policy Institute and conducted by Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California in Davis, compares U.S. and foreign IT workers' salaries, rates of PhD awards, doctorates earned and employment in research and development to determine whether those admitted to the U.S. under the H-1B visa program have skills beyond those of U.S. IT workers.
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