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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561206
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Refugees and Foreign Direct Investment : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from U.S. Resettlements
Mayda, Anna Maria - 2020
outward FDI to their countries of origin. Drawing upon aggregated individual-level refugee and project-level FDI data, we … show that outward FDI to refugees' countries of origin grew more from those U.S. commuting zones that hosted greater … numbers of refugees after 1990.Secondly, we exploit the specificities of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843730
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Refugees and foreign direct investment : quasi-experimental evidence from U.S. resettlements
Mayda, Anna Maria; Parsons, Christopher R.; Han Pham; … - 2019
outward FDI to their countries of origin. Drawing upon aggregated individual-level refugee and project-level FDI data, we … show that outward FDI to refugees' countries of origin grew more from those U.S. commuting zones that hosted greater … numbers of refugees after 1990. Secondly, we exploit the specificities of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149171
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Trade, FDI, migration, and the place premium : Mexico and the United States
Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2015
evidence we do find is most likely due to factors unrelated to US-Mexico integration. While migration, trade, and FDI may … convergence should follow increased migration, capital flows, and commercial integration. All three have increased between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307892
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747717
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Immigration policy levers for U.S. : innovation and startups
Kerr, William R.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - 2020
Immigrants account for about a quarter of US invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy environment that is not well suited for these purposes. This chapter reviews the U.S. immigration policy environment that governs how skilled migrants move to America for employment-based purposes. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241073
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596413
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Transferring Know-How from the U.S. to the Central Mediterranean Basin in Search of a New Public-Private Healthcare Business Model
Snaiderbaur, Salvatore - 2010
Public-private partnerships can have a particular impact on sectors where a public service needs to be sustained by the best available professional and technological knowledge in a condition of scarce resources. The growing trend of international-patient mobility suggests, the opportunity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203561
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Outsourcing and Skill Imports : Foreign High-Skilled Workers on H-1b and L-1 Visas in the United States
Kirkegaard, Jacob F. - 2013
This working paper looks in detail at the H-1B and L-1 visa programs for temporary employment in the United States. Based on official data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Department of State, H-1B and L-1 visa issuance rapidly increased in the late 1990s, followed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060321
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184