Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? Evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3101833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Daniele Paserman (0000-0003-0177-748X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IZA Journal of Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2193-9039 • E-ISSN: 2193-9039 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/2193-9039-2-6 |
| OpenAlex | W2100238454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper exploits the episode provided by the mass migration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s to study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate directly whether firms and industries with a higher concentration of immigrants experienced increases in productivity. The analysis finds no correlation between immigrant concentration and productivity at the firm level in cross-sectional and pooled regressions. First-differences estimates reveal, if anything, a negative correlation between the change in output per worker and the change in the immigrant share. The immigrant share was strongly negatively correlated with productivity in low-tech industries. In high-technology industries, the results point to a positive relationship, hinting at complementarities between technology and the skilled immigrant workforce. JEL codes J61, F22, D24
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Immigration · Labour economics · Mass migration · Political science · Productivity · Workforce · Global trade and economics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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