High Skill Immigration in the Global Economy.

An NBER Conference on "High Skill Immigration in the Global Economy" organized by NBER Faculty Research Fellow William Kerr of Harvard University and Research Associate Sarah Turner of the University of Virginia was held in Cambridge on October 25, 2013. The following papers were discussed:

* Petra Moser, Stanford University and NBER; Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago and NBER; and Fabian Waldinger, University of Warwick, "German-Jewish Emigres and U.S. Invention"

* William Kerr, "Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns"

* Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER; John McHale, National University of Ireland; and Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Does a Decline in Star Immigration Help or Harm U.S. Science?"

* Shulamit Kahn, Boston University, and Megan...