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Title: Skilled Immigrants' Contribution to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the United States
Citation Type: Book, Section
Publication Year: 2010
ISBN: 9789264095830
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Abstract: Skilled immigrants to the United States, defined as those with a college degree, outperform college-educated natives in terms of wages, patenting, commercialising or licensing patents, and publishing. This success is due to immigrants who originally entered the United States on a student/trainee visa or a temporary work visa, and is explained by their different fields of study and higher level of education. Skilled immigrants are also more likely to start successful companies than their native counterparts, apparently owing to higher unmeasured entrepreneurial ability. The effect of skilled immigration on per-capita patenting, publishing and starting companies could be larger than implied by immigrants’ individual success, if immigrants have positive spill-overs on natives, or could be smaller, if immigration discourages native endeavours. For patenting, there is evidence that immigrants have positive spill-overs. Skilled immigration has the potential to increase a country’s capacity for innovation, thereby boosting productivity growth and ultimately economic growth. To the extent that innovation has a public good component, skilled immigrants might increase the receiving country’s per capita welfare simply by . . .
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Authors: Hunt, Jennifer
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Pages: 257-272
Volume Title: Open for Business Migrant Entrepreneurship in OECD Countries: Migrant Entrepreneurship in OECD Countries
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Publisher Location: Paris, France
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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