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- A Mathematical derivations This appendix contains the details about the data we use and the mathematical details behind the equations presented in the main text. Because the model we use is based on the one introduced in Comm and Hobijn (2010), the derivations here are, in many respects, similar to the ones in that study. The main difference is the explicit introduction of adoption lags, D~, as a state variable and the derivation of the resulting dynamics. Equations and results are derived in the order they appear in the main text.
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- Calculation of number of industrial trainees in Table 2: These data are calculated based on the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service's Annual Reports from 1949-1969. Industrial trainees are persons who temporarily enter the United States with an H-3 visa. This visa type was first introduced in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. Before that, industrial trainees were most likely classified as temporary visitors for business purposes. Prior to 1965 the INS did not separately report the number of H-3 visa entrants. Instead, it reported the total number of H-visa entrants, which also includes workers of distinguished merit or ability (H-i) and temporary workers (H-2).
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