benefit from a substantive immigration policy that imposes selection criteria that are more in line with economic needs, the … substantial immigration into the European Union follows largely non-economic motives. This paper discusses the economic rationale … of a selective immigration policy and provides empirical evidence about the adverse effects of current selection …

to date in understanding the impact of high skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that … call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms … to fostering innovation. …

High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for … home country remains unclear. We know very little about return migration of workers engaged in innovation and … entrepreneurship, except that it is rapidly growing in importance. …

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. …

somewhat surprising as the exceptional growth in the Irish economy occurred from 1994 on. We look to immigration as being a … simulation suggests that immigration did indeed reduce earnings inequality. This result is an interesting corollary to work from … the US that shows the immigration of unskilled workers increasing earnings inequality. …