Mayda, Anna Maria; Orefice, Gianluca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2022
This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activ …. Through this channel, greater innovation is the result of productivity gains from specialization. …