The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor … Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom … migration and innovation at the sectoral level. This allows us to measure the direct contribution of migrants in the sector in …

We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation in the United States by exploring individual … subsequent national increase in skilled immigrants from these regions. -- Immigration ; innovation …

different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …

This paper analyses the impact of skilled migrants on the innovation (patenting) activity of French firms between 1995 … district and firm level. Large, high-productivity and capital-intensive firms benefit the most, in terms of innovation activity …. Through this channel, greater innovation is the result of productivity gains from specialization. …

This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new …