To spur entrepreneurship and economic growth, an increasing number of countries have introduced immigration policies … this immigration policy increased the likelihood that U.S.-based immigrants have a start-up in Canada by 69%. Our results … communities in the origin location. Overall, our study unveils the importance of immigration policies in determining founding …

exploit changes in deportation fear due to the roll-out and intensity of Secure Communities (SC), an immigration enforcement … program that empowers the federal government to check the immigration status of anyone arrested by local police, leading to … participation could expose non-citizens in their network to immigration authorities. We find significant declines in SNAP and ACA …

We study the effects of immigration on the diversity of consumption choices. Data from California in the 1990s indicate … that immigration is associated with fewer stand-alone retail stores, and a greater number of large and in particular big …-box retailers - evidence that likely contradicts a diversity-enhancing effect of immigration. In contrast, focusing on the …