How does immigration affect export performance? To answer this question we propose a unified empirical framework … productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence … relative importance. We then focus on diversity and find stronger results in sectors characterized by more complex production …

transaction costs, and the productivity shifts arising from migrationinduced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity … framework allows to gauge their relative importance. When focusing on diversity, we find stronger results in sectors …