This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … endogeneity using a modified version of the shift-share instrument. Skilled migrants increase the number of patents at both the … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activity …

This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … endogeneity using a modified version of the shift-share instrument. Skilled migrants increase the number of patents at both the … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activ …

This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … endogeneity using a modified version of the shift-share instrument. Skilled migrants increase the number of patents at both the … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activity …

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

&D investment proactively and contemporaneously. Firm-level innovation outcome, measured by patents and citations, declined for … utilized an alternative to investing in the existing human capital stock of these firms. After the immigration policy shock of …

, patents normalized by R&D intensity, patent citations, and citations per patent to measure innovation outcomes. A firm …We design a performance-on-structure experiment, where performance is measured by innovation outcomes and structure is … defined as corporate investment policy, specifically, how firms acquire, assess, and retain human capital. We use patents …

immigration facilitates innovation with favorable impact on reducing wage-gap. …With the ensuing immigration reform in the US, the paper shows that targeted skilled immigration into the R&D sector … that helps low-skilled labor is conducive for controlling inequality and raising wage. Skilled talent-led innovation could …

With the ensuing immigration reform in the US, the paper shows that targeted skilled immigration into the R&D sector … that helps low-skilled labor is conducive for controlling inequality and raising wage. Skilled talent-led innovation could … have spillover benefits for the unskilled sector while immigration into the production sector will always reduce wage …

society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard …