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Highly skilled and well connected: Migrant inventors in cross-border M&As
Using a relational view of international business, we explore how migrant inventors influence cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by research and development (R&D) firms. We hypothesize that the international social…
Refugees and foreign direct investment: Quasi-experimental evidence from US resettlements
We use the frameworks of two different US refugee dispersal policies to provide causal evidence that refugees promote outward foreign direct investment (FDI) to their countries and regions of origin.…
Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
This paper examines the impact of immigrant innovators on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and the operations of the foreign affiliates of…
Bound by ancestors: Immigration, credit frictions, and global supply chain formation
This paper demonstrates that the ancestry composition resulting from centuries of immigration to the US influences the current structure of global supply chains. By using an instrumental variable strategy and…
Where Enterprises Lead, People Follow? Links Between Migration and FDI in Germany
Standard neoclassical models of economic integration assume that capital and labor are substitutes and that the origin of these factors doesn't matter. However, these assumptions don't hold if there are…
Refugees, trade, and FDI
Humanitarian policies designed to welcome forced migrants can lead to unexpected economic benefits. This article examines how refugees create trade and investment connections between their new countries and their countries…
Migrants as Engines of Financial Globalization: The Case of Global Banking
Does international migration help spread global commerce? Recent studies show that international migration influences investment patterns, particularly by facilitating investment from migrants' host countries back to their countries of origin.…
Investing in the Homeland
Once viewed as a “brain drain,” migrants are increasingly viewed as a resource for promoting economic development back in their home countries. In Investing in the Homeland, Benjamin Graham finds that…
Familiarity Breeds Investment: Diaspora Networks and International Investment
What explains the differences in international portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI) between countries? While many existing theories focus on how trustworthy a country's policies are, we highlight the importance…
The Influence of Macro Structure on the Foreign Market Performance of Transnational Firms: The Value of IGO Connections, Export Dependence, and Immigration Links
This study examines how larger, state-level structural factors influence the performance of transnational firms in foreign markets, focusing on the roles of sanctions and monitoring. We propose that transnational firms…
Migration networks and subsidiary survival of EMNCs: The mediating effect of entry mode
In this study, we analyzed the overseas branches of Chinese companies listed on the A-share market that expanded internationally between 2007 and 2018. Using social network theory and the Cox…
Streets of Gold America’s: Untold Story of Immigrant Success
This book challenges common myths about immigration in America, revealing through data analysis that immigrants, including the poor, contribute positively to the economy and society, debunking misconceptions.
Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas
Despite public discourse, data limitations hinder understanding of undocumented immigrants and crime. Texas data reveal lower felony arrest rates among undocumented immigrants, challenging perceptions and immigration policy efficacy.
Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Contentious Issue
Are immigration and crime related? This review addresses this question in order to build a deeper understanding of the immigration-crime relationship.
Why do programmers earn more in Houston than Hyderabad? Evidence from randomized processing of US visas
Why do workers earn so much more in the United States than in India? This study compares the earnings of workers in the two countries in a unique setting.
Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk?
The greatest distortion in the global economy is tight constraints on emigration from poor countries, causing significant economic losses. Removing these barriers yields gains surpassing those from dropping restrictions on…
Migrants, Ancestors, and Foreign Investments
US county ancestry composition influences local firms' foreign direct investment. Doubling residents with ancestry from a country increases FDI probability by 4 percentage points.
The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from Visa Lotteries
Winning firms in H-1B visa lotteries, compared to losers, experience slight worker crowding out with modest innovation effects, revealing nuanced outcomes.
How Do Restrictions on High-Skilled Immigration Affect Offshoring?
This paper investigates how multinational firms adapt to skilled immigration constraints, showing increased foreign affiliate employment in China, India, and Canada.
The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
Like the Greeks who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, the new Argonauts--foreign-born, technically skilled entrepreneurs who travel back and forth between Silicon Valley and their home…
Immigration, Science, and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts
The United States first adopted immigration quotas for “undesirable” nationalities in 1921 and 1924 to stem the inflow of low-skilled Eastern and Southern Europeans (ESE). This paper investigates whether these…
The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States
Immigrant inventors are key contributors to innovation in the United States, both through their direct productivity and through the...
The Gift of Global Talent
Or any works by this author
Good Economics for Hard Times
Specifically Chapter 2
Is It Merely a Labor Supply Shock? Impacts of Syrian Migrants on Local Economies in Turkey
A good paper showing similar results outside the U.S
Immigration, Innovation, and Growth
We show a causal impact of immigration on innovation and dynamism in US counties
The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration
This is a non-partisan, comprehensive, and excellent summary of decades of empirical research on the topic focused on the U.S. economy. It offers a balanced perspective of the common (and…
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965
A sweeping history of the twentieth-century battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for today’s roiling debates.
Inventing the Immigration Problem
If you want to dig into the history of immigration in the US, I recommend this book.
Dividing Lines
If you want to dig into the history of immigration in the US, I recommend this book.
Immigrant America: A Portrait, Updated, and Expanded
This revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait provides readers with a comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with…
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Immigration Data Matters
An excellent list of 300+ original data sources