This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...

This paper examines how the geographical proximity of university-industry linkages relates to the quality of an institution?s research, local efforts in research and development (R&D), and characteristics of a region?s production structure. The important role of universities for the firms?...