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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics: Vol. 2 No. 2 (April 2010)
How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?
Article Citation
Hunt, Jennifer, and
Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle. 2010. "How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?."
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
2(2): 31-56.
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.2.31
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.2.31
Abstract
We measure the extent to which skilled immigrants increase innovation
in the United States. The 2003 National Survey of College
Graduates shows that immigrants patent at double the native rate,
due to their disproportionately holding science and engineering
degrees. Using a 1940-2000 state panel, we show that a 1 percentage
point increase in immigrant college graduates' population share
increases patents per capita by 9-18 percent. Our instrument for the
change in the skilled immigrant share is based on the 1940 distribution
across states of immigrants from various source regions and
the subsequent national increase in skilled immigration from these
regions. (JEL J24, J61, O31, O33)
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Authors
Hunt, Jennifer (McGill U)
Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine (Princeton U)
Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine (Princeton U)
JEL Classifications
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
O31: Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O33: Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
O31: Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O33: Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
