immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long … higher education attainment are less likely to choose self-employment, the probability is relatively higher in comparison to … the non-citizen immigrant group with similar levels of education. This trend lends itself to a more than proportionate …

This paper proposes a chronology for the German-speaking immigration to São Paulo, Brazil (1840-1920) by identifying … four main types: (i) spontaneous individual immigration; (ii) specialized laborers in public works, mainly road … private rural colonies. In the sequence, the immigration waves of the last two types are studied in detail, showing how they …

potential high-skilled migrants. …

Migration policies need to consider how immigration affects investment behavior and productivity, and how these effects … in scientific and engineering fields. By raising the demand for housing, immigration also spurs residential investment …

This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and … STEM flows. We find that the Immigration Act changed natives' skill investment and utilization in three ways: (1) it pushed …