Skilled immigration restrictions may have secondary consequences that have been largely overlooked in the immigration … desired effects of increasing employment of natives, but rather have the effect of offshoring jobs. Combining visa data and … comprehensive data on US multinational firm activity, I find that restrictions on H-1B immigration caused foreign affiliate …

To spur entrepreneurship and economic growth, an increasing number of countries have introduced immigration policies … this immigration policy increased the likelihood that U.S.-based immigrants have a start-up in Canada by 69%. Our results … communities in the origin location. Overall, our study unveils the importance of immigration policies in determining founding …