How emigration shapes the diffusion of new technologies

Dossi, Gaia ORCID: 0000-0001-8589-7563 and Coluccia, Davide (2025) How emigration shapes the diffusion of new technologies. British Politics and Policy at LSE (04 Apr 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

A central driver of economic growth is new technology. Gaia Dossi and Davide Coluccia show how migrants from Britain to the US in the late 19th and early 20th century not only brought new ideas with them but helped US innovations spread to the UK.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2025 08:36
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2025 08:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128263

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