Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Özgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques

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“…Pan‐European data are also the source of the analysis by Ozgen, Nijkamp, and Poot (). They find by means of a panel of data from 170 regions for the period 1991–1995 and 2001–2005 that patent applications are positively affected by the cultural diversity among the immigrant community.…”

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“…Similar to Ozgen, Nijkamp, and Poot (), Dohse and Gold () also consider the cultural diversity of European regions, but their panel has six waves (2005–2010) rather than two. They allow for year and country fixed effects (FE) and find a robust inverse U‐shaped relationship between patents per capita and the Theil index, even after controlling for a range of other factors.…”

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Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

Özgen

Peters

Niebuhr

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International Migration Review

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Increasing international labor migration has important effects on the workforce composition of firms in all migrant-receiving countries. The consequences of these changes for firm performance have attracted growing attention in recent years. In this paper, we focus explicitly on the impact of cultural diversity among migrant employees on the innovativeness of firms. We briefly synthesize empirical evidence from a range of contexts across Europe, North America, and New Zealand. We then utilize two unique and harmonized linked employer-employee datasets to provide comparative microeconometric evidence for Germany and the Netherlands. Our panel datasets contain detailed information on the generation of new products and services, determinants of innovation success, and the composition of employment in establishments of firms over the period 1999 to 2006. We find that innovation in both countries is predominantly deter-1 The empirical research reported in this paper was conducted as part of the 2009-2013 Migrant Diversity and Regional Disparity in Europe (MIDI-REDIE) project, funded by the NORFACE-Migration research program, . Financial support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) is also gratefully acknowledged as part of the projects "Diversity and success of organizations" and "Diversity and individual careers." IMR Volume 48 Number S1 (Fall 2014):S377-S416 S377 mined by establishment size and industry. Moreover, obstacles encountered and organizational changes faced by firms drive innovation too. With respect to the composition of employment, the presence of high-skilled staff is most important. Cultural diversity of employees has a positive partial correlation with product innovation. The size and statistical significance of this effect depends on the econometric model specification and the country considered. We conclude from the literature synthesis and the new comparative evidence that cultural diversity of employees can make a positive, but modest and context dependent, contribution to innovation.

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Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

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International Migration Review

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“…As noted earlier, spatial analyses involving migration data are often prone to endogeneity problems (Treyz et al, 1993; Ozgen, Nijkamp, and Poot, 2011). Given the possibility that migration may influence regional economic conditions or may even shape the structural features of regions, dependent and explanatory variables cannot be introduced with the same time structure.…”

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“…Values of regressors not correlated with region-specific individual effects are, hence, used as instruments for endogenous variables (Baltagi, 2001;Baltagi et al, 2003;Cameron and Trivedi, 2010). 11 As noted earlier, spatial analyses involving migration data are often prone to endogeneity problems (Treyz et al, 1993;Ozgen, Nijkamp, and Poot, 2011). Given the possibility that migration may influence regional economic conditions or may even shape the structural features of regions, dependent and explanatory variables cannot be introduced with the same time structure.…”

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Do Local Amenities Affect the Appeal of Regions in Europe for Migrants?*

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Ketterer²

2012

Journal of Regional Science

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This paper delves into the factors, which determine the attractiveness of regions in Europe for migrants. Contrary to the literature on the United States, which has increasingly focused on the role of amenities, existing research in Europe tends to highlight the predominance of economic conditions as the main drivers of migration. Differentiating between economic, sociodemographic and amenity‐related territorial features, we examine the appeal of various regional characteristics for migrants by analyzing net migration data for 133 European regions between 1990 and 2006. Our results show that, in addition to economic, human capital‐related and demographic aspects, network effects and—in contrast to existing literature—different types of regional amenities exert an important influence on the relative attractiveness of sub‐national territories across the European Union. Our findings therefore indicate that locational choices in Europe may be much more similar to place‐based preferences in the United States than originally thought.

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“…The research of Throsby (1999Throsby ( , 2001Throsby ( , 2005, Snowball (2008), Towse (2003), Heilbrun and Gray (2007), and Goodwin (2006) falls in the category of the economics of culture. The cultural economics perspective is normally pursued by regional economists dealing with diversity and migration issues, and finds its roots in the research of Weber (1904-1905/1930), Veblen (1919, Polanyi (1968Polanyi ( , 1957, Myrdal (1989Myrdal ( , 1968Myrdal ( , 1957Myrdal ( , 1944, and Jacobs (1969).…”

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Introduction to cultural research approaches: applications to culture and labour analysis

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of cultural research approaches that are applicable for investigating the interdependence of culture and labour. The "Introduction" notes two main constraints and four main research approaches that refer to this field of scientific exploration. The authors then outline and summarize the ten studies included in the International Journal of Manpower Special Issue, as well as acknowledge the main value added provided by each of them. Design/methodology/approach -The Special Issue used a double-blind review process, employing one external referee and one cross-referee for each of the ten selected papers. The papers themselves represent a wide variety of designs, methodologies, and analytical strategies used to study culture and labour. Findings -The findings of the studies included in this Special Issue touch on culture and diversity and cultural impact on migration, as well as on culture in the workplace and willingness to work. Practical implications -Each article also draws attention to practical implications with regard to cultural impact for the particular country and/or regions examined in the study. Originality/value -Together, the papers in this Special Issue help to make a clear distinction in macro-and micro-cultural economic research by shedding innovative light on the study of culture and labour from an international and interdisciplinary perspective.

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Cited by 84 publications

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Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

Does Cultural Diversity of Migrant Employees Affect Innovation?

Do Local Amenities Affect the Appeal of Regions in Europe for Migrants?*

Introduction to cultural research approaches: applications to culture and labour analysis

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