We investigate the interplay of language skills and immigrant stocks in determining bilateral FDI out-stocks of OECD … immigrants on bilateral FDI – provided that residents of the two countries have few language skills in common. We find a similar … effect for immigrants from third countries that speak the language(s) of the FDI host country, making them potential …

emerging economies. It documents the role of diaspora networks in enhancing cross-border flows of goods, capital, and knowledge …

extent of which depends on the level of IPRs protection in the sending country. We argue this to come from a diaspora channel … more likely for diaspora gains to dominate, thus facilitating a potential net brain gain. Our main theoretical insights are …

country's diaspora constitutes one of the four principal channels through which international migration may alter development … numbers to measure the diaspora size, we calculate institutional-quality-adjusted immigrant stocks to allow for variations in …

extent of which depends on the level of IPRs protection in the sending country. We argue this to come from a diaspora channel … more likely for diaspora gains to dominate, thus facilitating a potential net brain gain. Our main theoretical insights are …