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DISCUSSION AND RESULTS 
This "broader effect" between the relationship between high-skilled immigration and innovation has 
been a major focus of the literature to date. Also, there is an increasing interest in the entrepreneurship 
of highly skilled migrants, for example, groups of "transnational entrepreneurs" and startup founders are 
a clear example of this. This is a shift from a long tradition of research on migrant and ethnic 
entrepreneurship, which has focused on small business formation in non-trade sectors such as retail and 
leisure. 
Similarly, studies examining the links between migration, trade and investment flows increasingly focus 
on highly skilled diasporic communities as providers of market access. Other studies have looked at the 
effect on prices of housing and other local goods/services, but these studies are less common. In many 
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countries, particularly the UK, migrant flows are geographically uneven, with cities, and particularly 
large cities, recording the largest stock of new arrivals. Highly skilled migrants may also be 
disproportionately attracted to urban areas with larger labor markets and better access to new ideas, 
partners and start-up capital. Silicon Valley, with its prominent entrepreneurial communities in South 
and Southeast Asia, is the best-known example. Interest in local-level impacts is growing, with 
geographers, economists, and others studying how migration affects urban life and urban economies.