We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …

subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

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 …

This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activity …. Through this channel, greater innovation is the result of productivity gains from specialization. …

This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activ …. Through this channel, greater innovation is the result of productivity gains from specialization. …

agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends …