Migration policies need to consider how immigration affects investment behavior and productivity, and how these effects … in scientific and engineering fields. By raising the demand for housing, immigration also spurs residential investment … vary with the type of migration. College-educated immigrants may do more to stimulate foreign direct investment and …

Migration policies need to consider how immigration affects investment behavior and productivity, and how these effects … in scientific and engineering fields. By raising the demand for housing, immigration also spurs residential investment … vary with the type of migration. College-educated immigrants may do more to stimulate foreign direct investment and …

Using the large variation in the inflow of immigrants across US states we analyze the impact of immigration on state … employment, average hours worked, physical capital accumulation and, most importantly, total factor productivity and its skill … and hours worked by natives. At the same time we find robust evidence that they increased total factor productivity, on …

Using the large variation in the inflow of immigrants across US states we analyze the impact of immigration on state … employment, average hours worked, physical capital accumulation and, most importantly, total factor productivity and its skill … and hours worked by natives. At the same time we find robust evidence that they increased total factor productivity, on …