International Knowledge Spillovers: The Benefits from Employing Immigrants

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper explores the role of immigrant employees for a firm's capability to absorb international knowledge. Using matched employer-employee data from Denmark for the years 1999 to 2009, we are able to show that non-Danish employees from technological advanced countries contribute significantly to firm's economic output through their ability to access international knowledge. The empirical results suggest that the immigrants' impact increases if they come from technological advanced countries, have a high educational level, and are employed in high-skilled positions. However, the latter does not hold for immigrant managers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Trade, Migration, Conflicts ; No. C09-V1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Production and Organizations: General ; Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition ; Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hiller, Sanne ; Bitzer, Jürgen ; Gören, Erkan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/113205
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET