We characterize the contribution of immigrants to US innovation, both through their direct productivity as well as … Number is assigned. We find immigrants represent 16 percent of all US inventors, but produced 23 percent of total innovation … premature inventor deaths, we find that immigrant inventors create especially strong positive externalities on the innovation …

Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of … are immigrants. We utilize the Annual Business Survey to quantify the greater rates of patenting and innovation in …

What is the role of startups within the innovation ecosystem? Since 2000, startups have grown in their share of … ventures in the innovation process relative to more traditional alternatives such as academia and established private … generate predictions related to the value and impact of startup innovation. We then explore these predictions using patents …

In this paper, we document the importance of high-skilled immigration for U.S. employment in STEM fields. To begin, we …

decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link …

Economists have identified product entry and exit as a primary channel through which innovation impacts economic growth …. In this paper, we document how high-skill immigration affects product reallocation (entry and exit) at the firm level … innovation. These results shed light on the economic consequences of innovation by high-skill immigrant to the United States …

historical flows of German, Norwegian, and domestic migrants in the US and document that climate sorting also holds within …

migrants. In this article, we first summarize recent findings characterizing migrants' long-term economic assimilation and … mobility in Argentina and immigration contributed positively to the process of economic development. We then turn our focus to … the selection patterns of Italian migrants to Argentina--the largest migratory group to this destination. Our analysis of …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …