Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/106916 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper Series in Economics No. 323
Publisher: 
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Lüneburg
Abstract: 
This paper explores the role of immigrant employees for a firm's capability to absorb international knowledge. Using matched employer-employee data from Denmark for the years 1999 to 2009, we are able to show that non-Danish employees contribute significantly to a firm's economic output through their ability to access international knowledge. The immigrants' impact increases if they come from technological advanced countries, have a high educational level, and are employed in high skilled positions. However, the latter does not hold for immigrant managers.
Subjects: 
R&D Spillovers
Absorptive Capacity
Firm-Level Analysis
Foreign Workers
Immigrants
JEL: 
D20
J82
L20
O30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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