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 … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees … 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 … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees … 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 … immigrants patent at double the native rate, and that this is entirely accounted for by their disproportionately holding degrees … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …

note, I first replicate Hunt and Gauthier-Loiselle (2010) which estimates the effects of immigration on innovation via …A common approach to identifying the causal impact of immigration on out-comes involves using a "shift-share" or Bartik … instrument exploiting country-specific immigration inflows (shifts) and location specific prior shares for the same countries …

We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …