The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature

Max Nathan ()
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Max Nathan: University College London

No 7653, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call ‘the wider effects of migration' on the production and consumption sides of the economy – and the role of high-skilled migrants in these processes. This paper surveys the emerging ‘wider impacts' literature, including studies from the US, European and other countries. It sets out some simple, non-technical frameworks, discusses the main empirical findings and identifies avenues for future research.

Keywords: high-skill migrants; innovation; entrepreneurship; investment; immigration; productivity; cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 G24 J15 J61 L26 L5 M12 M13 O31 O32 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2013-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in: IZA Journal of Migration 2014, 3:4

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