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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …
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The Supply Side of Innovation : H-1B Visa Reforms & US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William; Lincoln, William Fabius - 2013
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian...
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Skill, innovation and wage inequality : can immigrants be the Trump Card?
Das, Gouranga Gopal; Marjit, Sugata - 2018 - This Draft May 2018
that helps low-skilled labor is conducive for controlling inequality and raising wage. Skilled talent-led innovation could … labor is not always benefited by high skilled migrants into R&D-sector. Rather, it depends on the importance of migrants … embedded in talented immigrants targeted for innovation. …
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Skill, innovation and wage inequality : can immigrants be the Trump Card?
Das, Gouranga Gopal; Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Mausumi - 2019
that helps low-skilled labor is conducive for controlling inequality and raising wage. Skilled talent-led innovation could … labor is not always benefited by high skilled migrants into R&D-sector. Rather, it depends on the importance of migrants … embedded in talented immigrants targeted for innovation. Empirical verification using a VAR regression model in the context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057300
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The Supply Side of Innovation : H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William - 2014
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708587
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Endogenous technology, matching, and labor unions : does low-skilled immigration affect the technological alignment of the host country?
Cords, Dario - 2017
In recent years, Germany and other European countries face the strongest immigration flow in their history. Experts unanimously agree that one of the core factors of a successful social integration is the labor market participation of the new arrivals. This paper investigates the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710323
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The supply of foreign talent : how skill-biased technology drives the skill mix of immigrants : evidence from Switzerland 1990-2010
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald; Kunz, Johannes - 2017
An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in national labour markets. In recent decades, the introduction of information and communication technology [ICT] fuelled the demand for highly skilled workers at the expense of lower...
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The supply of foreign talent : how skill-biased technology drives the location choice and skills of new immigrants
Beerli, Andreas; Indergand, Ronald; Kunz, Johannes - 2021
An important goal of immigration policy is to facilitate the entry of foreignborn workers whose skills are in short supply in national labor markets. In recent decades, information and communication technology [ICT] has fueled the demand for highly educated workers at the expense of lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703250
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Skilled immigration, task allocation and the innovation of firms
Mayda, Anna Maria; Orefice, Gianluca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2022
This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … endogeneity using a modified version of the shift-share instrument. Skilled migrants increase the number of patents at both the … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013445469
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Skilled immigration, task allocation and the innovation of firms
Mayda, Anna Maria; Orefice, Gianluca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2022
This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … endogeneity using a modified version of the shift-share instrument. Skilled migrants increase the number of patents at both the … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448539