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| Title: | | Do foreign experts increase the productivity of domestic firms?  |
| Authors: | | Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj Munch, Jakob R. Skaksen, Jan Rose |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion paper series // Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6001 |
| Abstract: | | While most countries welcome (and some even subsidise) high-skilled immigrants, there is very limited evidence of their importance for domestic firms. To guide our empirical analysis, we first set up a simple theoretical model to show how foreign experts may impact on the productivity and wages of domestic firms. Using matched worker-firm data from Denmark and a difference-indifferences matching approach, we then find that firms that hire foreign experts - defined as employees eligible for reduced taxation under the Danish Tax scheme for foreign researchers and key employees - both become more productive (pay higher wages) and increase their exports of goods and services. |
| Subjects: | | foreign experts export immigrants productivity difference-in-differences matching |
| JEL: | | F22 J24 J31 J61 L2 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201110263393 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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