In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more … easily identified on local economies. The reason is that their settlements are significantly concentrated across cities and …

An important goal of immigration policy is facilitating the entry and supply of workers whose skills are scarce in … demand for highly skilled workers at the expense of lower skill groups throughout the developed world. In this paper, we show … whether and how the response of immigrants to skill demand changed when Switzerland abolished immigration restrictions for …

An important goal of immigration policy is to facilitate the entry of foreignborn workers whose skills are in short …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor … Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom … migration and innovation at the sectoral level. This allows us to measure the direct contribution of migrants in the sector in …

We study the effects of technological change on immigration flows as well as the labor market outcomes of migrants … migrants facing displacement effects, while natives might benefit from productivity and complementarity effects. In addition … highly automated economy and the main destination for migrants in Europe. We apply an instrumental variable strategy and …

In recent years, Germany and other European countries face the strongest immigration flow in their history. Experts … arrivals. This paper investigates the impact of low-skilled immigration on a unionized economy with labor market frictions. It … especially examines how immigration affects the technology choice of firms and, thereby, the technological alignment of the host …

Mathematics (STEM) workers, non-STEM college educated workers, and non-college educated workers. Aggregate productivity in each … workers generates similar effects to a positive aggregate productivity shock. …

The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a … order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen … importance of knowledge flows in innovation …