International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less developed to richer countries, has a substantial impact in several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants...

In June 2016, the European Commission issued a new EU Blue Card proposal. This proposal is meant to make the EU more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries. While strengthening the knowledge economy of the EU, the potential impacts of the new Blue Card proposal on...

Chapter 1: Liability of newness: Challenges faced by the immigrant entrepreneurs - A systematic review -- Chapter 2: Immigrant entrepreneurship: An international perspective -- Chapter 3: Design thinking: A methodology of entrepreneurial development for immigrant entrepreneurs -- Chapter 4:...

We argue that donors could improve the effectiveness of foreign aid by pursuing complementary and coherent non-aid policies. In particular, we hypothesize that aid from donors that are open to immigration has stronger growth effects than aid from closed donors. We estimate the aid-growth nexus...