%0 Report
        %A Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj
%A Munch, Jakob R.
%A Skaksen, Jan Rose
        %T Do Foreign Experts Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms?
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6001
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6001
        %X 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.
        %K productivity
%K immigrants
%K export
%K foreign experts
%K difference-in-differences matching