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Centralization and organization reproduction : ethnic innovation in R&D centers and satellite locations

Kerr, William R. - 2023

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U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Kerr, William R. - Economics and Statistics Division, Word Intellectual … - 2014

High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for … home country remains unclear. We know very little about return migration of workers engaged in innovation and …

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Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2005

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to...

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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns

Kerr, William R. - 2016

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...

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The elusive effects of workplace diversity on innovation

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 96 (2017), pp. 29-49

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Firms and the economics of skilled immigration

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - 2014

to fostering innovation …

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The impact of cultural diversity on firm innovation: evidence from Dutch micro-data

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-24

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The impact of cultural diversity on firm innovation: Evidence from Dutch micro-data

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

An important question for firms and policy makers is whether the recruitment of foreign workers can boost innovation …. Migration studies have demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … qualitative information on firm innovation. We consider both the number of immigrants these firms employ and their cultural …

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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008

This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in...

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The Agglomeration of US Ethnic Inventors

Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008

agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends …

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