Does skilled migration foster innovative performance? Evidence from British local areas

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 773-794

  Gagliardi, Luisa ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographic mobility; Innovation; Migration

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MICROECONOMICS; MOBILITY; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84948091897     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12095     Document Type: Article

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