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| Title: | | Zum Einfluss von Ausländern auf die Wirtschaftsleistung von Standorten: ist Zuwanderung ein Weg aus der ostdeutschen Lethargie?  |
| Authors: | | Steinrücken, Torsten Jaenichen, Sebastian |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Diskussionspapier // Technische Universität Ilmenau, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre 41 |
| Abstract: | | The paper investigates the potential impact of foreigners on economic development. Historic examples, various contemporary empirical observations and theory support the working thesis that regions which face a high quota of foreign residents may benefit from human capital spillovers between different ethnic groups. It is argued that immigration brings about both a more effective division of labour and mutual learning and leads thereby to higher per-capita-income. We apply these findings to the current economic sickliness of East-Germany and conclude that in this region a more committed immigration policy may prove to be an particularly appropriate remedy. |
| JEL: | | J24 J61 O15 O18 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers, Technische Universität Ilmenau
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