International knowledge flows and technological advance: The role of migration

Artikel

This paper investigates whether knowledge flows from host to source country as a result of migration, alleviating the negative effects associated with outward migration. Using a fixed effects Poisson regression, patent citations are used as a proxy for knowledge flows and regressed on immigration and other control variables; the effect of immigration on patent citations is found to be positive and statistically significant. Additionally, the coefficient on immigration is found to be robust to different parameter changes in the model. These results suggest that reverse knowledge flows from outward migration help mitigate negative effects of outward migration on source countries.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA Journal of Migration ; ISSN: 2193-9039 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: 1-16 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Thema: Immigration ; Patent citations ; Knowledge flows ; Brain drain

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Douglas, Kacey N.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40176-015-0037-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149436
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ