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…
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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…
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…
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…