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Migration, cultural diversity and innovation : a European perspective
Bosetti, Valentina; Cattaneo, Cristina; Verdolini, Elena - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of skilled migration on two measures of innovation, patenting and citations of … scientific publications, in a panel of 20 European countries. Skilled migrants positively contribute to the knowledge formation … associated with higher levels of knowledge creation, measured either by the number of patents applied for through the Patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009628072
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Hiring New Ideas : International Migration and Firm Innovation in New Zealand
McLeod, Keith; Fabling, Richard; Maré, David C. - 2014
Poor productivity performance has been identified as a significant issue for New Zealand, and innovation is seen as a … key mechanism for improving productivity growth. Understanding the drivers of firm innovation therefore represents an … important step towards improving New Zealand’s economic performance. In this paper, we combine firm-level innovation data with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014140244
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Migration, Cultural Diversity and Innovation : A European Perspective
Bosetti, Valentina; Cattaneo, Cristina; Verdolini, Elena - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of skilled migration on two measures of innovation, patenting and citations of … scientific publications, in a panel of 20 European countries. Skilled migrants positively contribute to the knowledge formation … associated with higher levels of knowledge creation, measured either by the number of patents applied for through the Patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164685
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Expelling excellence : exchange visitor restrictions on high-skill migrants in the United States
Clemens, Michael A.; Neufeld, Jeremy; Nice, Amy M. - 2024
We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List. This List mandates that to become eligible for long-term status in the U.S., certain high-skill visitors must reside in their home countries for two years after participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062368
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One ring to rule them all? : globalization of knowledge and knowledge creation
Freeman, Richard B. - In: Nordic economic policy review (2013) 1, pp. 11-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379557
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Innovation, imitation and intellectual property rights : introduction migration in Helpman's model
Mondal, Debasis; Gupta, Manash Ranjan - In: Japan and the world economy : international journal of … 20 (2008) 3, pp. 369-394
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755939
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Neighbourhood effects on migrant youth's educational commitments : an enquiry into personality differences
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Hooimeijer, Pieter; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2013
In the neighbourhood effects literature, the socialisation mechanism is usually investigated by looking at the association between neighbourhood characteristics and educational attainment. The step in between, that adolescents actually internalise educational norms held by residents, is often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774269
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The dynamic implications of liberalizing global migration
Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - 2014
This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235847
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Better migrants, better PISA results : findings from a natural experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-19
Switzerland changed its migration policy in the 1990s from a "non-qualified only" policy to one of almost free movement of labor. To analyze the impact of this policy change on the schooling outcomes of children of first-generation migrants, the paper compares the PISA results of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404072
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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco - 2014
This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and education decisions. We identify bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059032