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 …

In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. The latter is measured by: (1) the firm …'s propensity to apply for a patent, (2) the number of patent applications (intensive margin) and (3) the firm's ability to patent …

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the …

This paper examines the welfare implications associated with different degrees of diversity or similarity between … populations, everyone ends up in the country with the highest initial level of human capital. Welfare under any of the equilibrium …. In addition, trade and migration are not equivalent if social capital is present: the highest welfare is obtained with …

such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education's positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …