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In the US, inventors (not the same as entrepreneur, but often related) are also disproportionately likely to be immigrants

> We find immigrants represent 16 percent of all US inventors, but produced 23 percent of total innovation output, as measured by number of patents, patent citations, and the economic value of these patents. Immigrant inventors are more likely to rely on foreign technologies, to collaborate with foreign inventors, and to be cited in foreign markets, thus contributing to the importation and diffusion of ideas across borders.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w30797




Aren't immigrants about 15% of the US population though? It's not that disproportionate.




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