this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions … of McDonald's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a …

A burgeoning literature has emerged during the last two decades to assess the economic impacts of immigration on host … revisit the impacts of immigration at the regional level. We briefly review analytical approaches for identifying regional … born, particularly of those who are low skilled, following positive net immigration. The employment elasticity is also …

of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with … immigration than the highly educated. Experience with foreigners arising from social contact matters in positively appreciating … significant effect on the evaluation of the number of foreigners present. The biggest effect on immigration preferences is …

immigration on wages of native groups with similar skills appears rather robust. …-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host … labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated effect of immigration on the wage of native workers varies widely from …

Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to … countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration … resulting in economic costs, particularly with respect to wages and employment opportunities of the native born. This warrants a …

, pages 8-36.<P> This paper identifies the role of cultural diversity in explaining spatial disparities in wages and housing … equilibrium wages and housing prices, particularly in the largest and most densely populated cities. This result is largely driven …