temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on … emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The recent immigration policies of a number of major immigrant … and international students is discussed, as is and the recent emergence of two-step immigration policies that favor …

In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more … easily identified on local economies. The reason is that their settlements are significantly concentrated across cities and …

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self … successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This … is reflected in immigration policies, and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in … an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

We characterize the contribution of immigrants to US innovation, both through their direct productivity as well as … Number is assigned. We find immigrants represent 16 percent of all US inventors, but produced 23 percent of total innovation … premature inventor deaths, we find that immigrant inventors create especially strong positive externalities on the innovation …

demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …