Is skilled immigration always good for growth in the receiving economy?

Leonid V. Azarnert

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.032

Is skilled immigration always good for growth in the receiving economy?

Leonid V. Azarnert

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Abstract

A highly skilled immigration can be growth enhancing if the positive contribution of the imported brains to the host economy's human capital stock outweighs the immigration-induced adverse effect on educational incentives for natives, or growth depleting if the latter effect dominates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	116-118
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.032
State	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Growth
Skilled immigration

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