-skilled immigration wave was one of the main determinants for the fast growth of the Israeli economy in the 1990s. In this paper, I use a …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … of immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are …

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 …

's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regional … size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions. For this purpose we construct a panel of … data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by …

This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge … robust, positive effect of immigration on natives' well-being. The presence of confounding local labour market … characteristics has a negligible impact on the estimates. Furthermore, we find substantial evidence that the effect of immigration on …

immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …