With the ensuing immigration reform in the US, the paper shows that targeted skilled immigration into the R&D sector … have spillover benefits for the unskilled sector while immigration into the production sector will always reduce wage …' skill in R&D activities and intensity of inputs. Inclusive immigration policy requires inter-sectoral diffusion of ideas …

immigrant selection regimes (primarily family reunion in the US, skill-based immigration in Australia) do not impact on the … negative association between occupational status and pre-immigration labour market experience. -- Immigrants ; occupation …