Integration -- Chapter 6: The Macro Context of Immigration -- Chapter 7: Extending Sensemaking of Immigrant Integration. …

data and exploit exogenous variation in both immigration flows and diversity induced by former settlements, WWI and the … 1920s Immigration Acts. We find that co-ethnic networks play an important role in attracting immigrant inventors. However …, we also find that immigrant diversity acts as an additional significant pull factor. This is mainly due to externalities …

How does immigration affect export performance? To answer this question we propose a unified empirical framework … productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence … relative importance. We then focus on diversity and find stronger results in sectors characterized by more complex production …

transaction costs, and the productivity shifts arising from migrationinduced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity … framework allows to gauge their relative importance. When focusing on diversity, we find stronger results in sectors …