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We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to … using multiple definitions. While significant research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration … into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine …
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migrants for admission. Looking forward, the capacity of people, firms, and countries to successfully navigate this tangled web …
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I investigate the effect of attitudes toward migrants on the average skill composition of immigrants in destination … countries. A model is presented showing that negative attitudes toward migrants can reduce the average skill composition. The … hypothesis, I use survey data on attitudes toward migrants as well as data on migrant stocks by education level and origin …
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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 has …
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on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries …Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to … quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel …
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. We analyze Polish immigration in the context of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and find a positive and … particularly interesting as Polish immigration to Germany was not based on selection by qualification in our period of analysis. …
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Emigration of young, motivated individuals may deprive countries-of-origin of entrepreneurs. We isolate exogenous variation in a large emigration wave from Italy between 2008 and 2015 by interacting diaspora networks with economic pull factors in destination countries, and find that larger...
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We study the effects of technological change on immigration flows as well as the labor market outcomes of migrants … migrants facing displacement effects, while natives might benefit from productivity and complementarity effects. In addition … highly automated economy and the main destination for migrants in Europe. We apply an instrumental variable strategy and …
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immigrants' labor market behavior, human capital investment, and socioeconomic integration. In this paper, we investigate whether … violence in the home country trade immediate job security for lower earnings and less-productive firms. …
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other choices that affect wage growth, such as human capital investment or labour supply decisions, which greatly simplifies …
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