This paper investigates the role that pre-immigration skills play in immigrants job-finding processes in Germany. We … empirical evidence by studying the labour-market integration process of Ethnic Germans, one of the largest immigration groups in …

I study how access to foreign skilled workers affects corporate investment. Restrictions on high-skilled immigration …

temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on … emphasis on their advantages and disadvantages. The recent immigration policies of a number of major immigrant … and international students is discussed, as is and the recent emergence of two-step immigration policies that favor …

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 …

on developing countries remains unclear. Some researchers have argued that migrants who are more educated tend to bring … results suggest that skill-based immigration policies are likely to result in more remittances. …

cohort (made possible by the data for the first time since 1961), black immigration from Africa and the Americas, skin …, and that immigration, by introducing accomplished black immigrants from Africa (notably via the visa lottery), threatens … of the United States. -- immigration ; immigrant visas ; social stratification ; gender ; race ; Hispanic origin ; skin …

This paper analyzes the role of ethnic communities in shaping the recent immigration boom to Spain. We find that ethnic … communities exerted a strong positive effect on the scale and a strong negative effect on the skill structure of this immigration …

The paper examines the impact of immigration on innovation. We exploit an immigrant placement policy which took place … negative impact on innovations. Instead, our panel estimates suggest that immigration had no or even a positive impact on …