Skilled immigrants' contribution to productive efficiency

Daehoon Nahm; Massimiliano Tani

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.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Nahm, Daehoon ; Tani, Massimiliano
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	highly skilled migration \| human capital \| productive efficiency \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Brain Drain \| Brain drain \| Technische Effizienz \| Technical efficiency \| Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Highly skilled workers \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Arbeitsproduktivität \| Labour productivity \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Effizienz \| Efficiency \| Fachkräfte \| Skilled labour \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Deutschland \| Germany

Extent:	Online-Ressource (27 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper series. - Bonn : IZA, ISSN 2365-9793, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 8326
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/101805 [Handle]
Classification:	D24 - Production; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity ; F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business ; f66 ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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