We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries …. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 …

subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees …

immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …% less chance of being self-employed than one without. In addition, we show that factors such as longer stay in USA and being …

positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …

participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …

Immigration policy can have important net fiscal effects that vary by immigrants' skill level. But mainstream methods …