Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101805 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8326
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a country's productive efficiency with the exception of the finance sector. The results broadly support the adoption of skill-biased migration policies.
Subjects: 
highly skilled migration
human capital
productive efficiency
JEL: 
D24
F2
F66
J6
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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