Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55048 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6001
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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