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Sari Pekkala Kerr

Wellesley College

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1.

Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

NBER Working Paper No. w18333
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data

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House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-069
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Imperial College Business School
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house prices, mortgages, collateral channel, entrepreneurship, entry.

House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data

NBER Working Paper No. w21458
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Imperial College Business School
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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

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Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 14-102
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Apr 2014
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William Fabius Lincoln
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Immigration, firms, innovation, entrepreneurship

Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration

NBER Working Paper No. w20069
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William Fabius Lincoln
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship

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Immigrant Entrepreneurship

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6197
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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immigration, entrepreneurship, entry, firm survival and growth, venture capital, high-tech

Immigrant Entrepreneurship

NBER Working Paper No. w22385
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

NBER Working Paper No. w24097
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 06 May 2026
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Tina Xu
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Wellesley College
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High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

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High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

NBER Working Paper No. w22926
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6241
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Jan 2017
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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migration, talent, diaspora, agglomeration

High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 9, pp. 201-234, 2017
Posted: 14 Aug 2017
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics

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Global Talent Flows

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Global Talent Flows

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7852
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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Human Migrations & Resettlements, International Migration, Skills Development and Labor Force Training, Labor Markets, Rural Labor Markets, Educational Sciences, Migration and Development

Global Talent Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w22715
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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Global Collaborative Patents

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Global Collaborative Patents

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6183
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 19 Dec 2016
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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patents, innovation, research and development, ethnic networks, migration, diasporas, foreign direct investment, technology transfer, globalization, mobility

Global Collaborative Patents

NBER Working Paper No. w21735
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 20-105
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Apr 2020
William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Wellesley College
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immigration, entrepreneurship, invention, innovation, startups, venture capital, high-tech, H-1B

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The Transformation of Self Employment

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 22-051
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Feb 2022
Innessa Colaiacovo, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Center for Economic Inclusion, Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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The Dynamics of Gender Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Establishment Data

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The Dynamics of Gender Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Establishment Data

NBER Working Paper No. w23381
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 May 2017 Last Revised: 22 May 2022
Erling Barth, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Institute for Social Research, Norway, Wellesley College and Boston College
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Global Talent Flows

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6203
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Caglar Ozden and Christopher Robert Parsons
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, World Bank - Research Department and The University of Western Australia - Department of Economics
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migration, talent, diaspora

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Immigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012

NBER Working Paper No. w24494
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 12 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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When the Kids Grow Up: Women's Employment and Earnings across the Family Cycle

NBER Working Paper No. w30323
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Claudia Goldin, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Harvard University, Wellesley College and Dartmouth College
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Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures

NBER Working Paper No. w28509
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Weathering the Great Recession: Variation in Employment Responses by Establishments and Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w22432
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Erling Barth, James C. Davis, Richard B. Freeman and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Institute for Social Research, Norway, US Census Bureau, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Wellesley College
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Immigration Policy Levers for US Innovation and Startups

NBER Working Paper No. w27040
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w19658
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William Fabius Lincoln
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

NBER Working Paper No. w25509
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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The Transformation of Self Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w29725
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Innessa Colaiacovo, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Harvard University, Center for Economic Inclusion, Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: New Estimates and a Research Agenda

NBER Working Paper No. w32400
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 May 2024
Saheel Chodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Louis Maiden
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Greenhill House
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Why Firms Offer Paid Parental Leave: An Exploratory Study

NBER Working Paper No. w26617
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2023
Claudia Goldin, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Harvard University, Wellesley College and Boston College
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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility: Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act

NBER Working Paper No. w32067
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 22 Jan 2024
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Kendall Smith
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and London Business School
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Careers of Minimum Wage Workers

NBER Working Paper No. w34405
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Oct 2025
Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Louis Maiden
Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Greenhill House
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Positioned at Extremes: Future Job Placements of Immigrant Students at U.S. Colleges

NBER Working Paper No. w34440
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Nov 2025
Francis Dillon, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Andrew Wang
University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Stanford University
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The Declining Local Bias of Entrepreneurship in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w35088
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Apr 2026
Innessa Colaiacovo, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
University of Oregon, Center for Economic Inclusion, Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Declining Occupations and Career Outcomes in Norway

NBER Working Paper No. w35096
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Apr 2026
Erling Barth, Maria Forthun Hoen, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Institute for Social Research, Norway, University of New Mexico - Institute for Social Research, Wellesley College and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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