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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries

Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20

G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014

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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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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...

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Innovations and Labour Market Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Italian Case in the middle 90’s.

Pieroni, Luca; Pompei, Fabrizio - Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2005

In this paper a dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the relationship between labour market flexibility and innovation activities by distinguishing different technological regimes of activities and geographical areas of the Italian economy. In order to estimate the previous...

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Evaluating Innovation and Labour Market Relationships: The Case of Italy

Pieroni, Luca; Pompei, Fabrizio - Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Perugia - 2007

In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed, paying particular attention to the different technological regimes of economic activities and the different geographical areas of the Italian economy. A dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the...

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Entrepreneur et croissance économique : développements récents

Facchini, François - In: Revue d'économie industrielle n° 119 (2007) 3, pp. 3-3

The objet of this article is to present the important literature that developed on the border of economic sciences and management around the role of the entrepreneur in the economic growth, and to discuss its main conclusions. The message of these works is simple: without entrepreneur, no or...

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The Interaction of Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

supply into productive, unproductive or destructive activities. However, entrepreneurship is not only influenced by … institutions is examined in this paper. Entrepreneurs affect institutions in at least three ways. Entrepreneurship abiding by … entrepreneurship. As business entrepreneurship, innovative political activity may be productive or unproductive, depending on the …

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Competencies and Institutions Fostering High-growth Firms

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Ratioinstitutet - 2008

High-growth firms (HGFs) are critical for net job creation and economic growth. We analyze HGFs using the theory of competence blocs, linking firm growth to property rights and the interaction of complementary expertise. Specifically, we discuss how the institutional framework affects the...

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Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

policies, taxation and the regulation of labor markets. Institutions have far-reaching effects on entrepreneurship, and they … entrepreneurship to the institutional setup it is maintained that in-depth analyses of specific institutions are required in order to … further our understanding of the determinants of entrepreneurial behavior and the economic effects of entrepreneurship. The …

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Productive and Destructive Entrepreneurship in a Political Economy Framework

Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or negative effects on overall productivity. Embedding central elements from these theories into a political economy framework reveals the bilateral causal relation between...

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