the market. In the case of the legal sector, the barriers we identify not only adversely affect legal innovation, but also … impede innovation in other sectors of the economy. Similarly, in health care, pharmaceuticals, K-12 education, the financing … of growth businesses, and many consumer services, legal obstructions hinder innovation and the provision of efficient …

We show a causal impact of immigration on innovation and dynamism in US counties. To identify the causal impact of … recent decades. We show four main results. First, immigration has a positive impact on innovation, measured by the patenting … impact of immigration on innovation percolates over space, but spatial spillovers quickly die out with distance. Fourth, the …