Immigration and firm innovation in Western-Europe : understanding the channels of influence

In most European countries, immigrants became more diversified by country of origin, gender and education levels. Especially the mobility of highly-skilled workers from various countries creates both challenges and opportunities from an economic perspective.This study focuses on the relationship between firm's innovation performance and intra-firm diversity. It introduces a structured analysis of the mechanisms of influence at different spatial scales, namely from country to firm level, based on the evidence provided by the economics research in Europe.The MPC is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union