Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of immigration on the labour market outcomes of low-educated natives (i.e. residents without a university diploma). Using the labour market competition theory, which argues that the labour market effects of natives depend on the skill...

B<sc>oschma</sc> R., E<sc>riksson</sc> R. H. and L<sc>indgren</sc> U. Labour market externalities and regional growth in Sweden: the importance of labour mobility between skill-related industries, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study investigates the relationship between labour market externalities and regional growth based on...

E<sc>riksson</sc> R. H., H<sc>ansen</sc> H. K. and L<sc>indgren</sc> U. The importance of business climate and people climate on regional performance, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Creativity and talent are considered key factors in regional development due to the connection between growth, city-regions and human capital. To come to...

The aim of this paper is to analyse whether employment growth is faster in regions housing a university compared to non-university regions. We argue that universities per se are less likely to trigger externalities that facilitate employment growth. Instead, we propose that it depends on the...

This paper aims to shed some light on the influence of geographical proximity on both intra- and inter-industry spillovers by elaborating on the geographical dimension of both localised spillovers and inter-firm knowledge flows. By means of a unique longitudinal micro-database with information...