TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj
AU  - Munch, Jakob R.
AU  - Skaksen, Jan Rose
        TI  - Do Foreign Experts Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms?
        PY  - 2011/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6001
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6001
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - productivity
KW  - immigrants
KW  - export
KW  - foreign experts
KW  - difference-in-differences matching
        ER  -