We assess whether a VC’s intrinsic commitment to a startup affects investment performance. We proxy for climate change … change in commitment by non-democrat investors. Following these disasters, the performance of non-democrats’ investments in …

first discusses the economic rationale for immigrant selection. Selection mechanisms of receiving countries are reviewed in … selection. Next, the variation in immigrant characteristics across countries and visa types is discussed. The article then … different selection mechanisms and underlines the challenges for realizing aimed benefits of a skill based immigrant selection …

migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 …

migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 …

This paper looks at the e ffect of cultural barriers on the skill selection of international migration. The data covers …

We measure selection of high-skilled migrants from Germany using predicted earnings. Migrants to less equal countries …, consistent with the prediction in Borjas (1987). Positive selection to less equal countries is driven by university quality and … grades, and negative selection to more equal countries by university subject and gender. Migrants to the U.S. are highly …