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

Leonid Azarnert

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 108, issue 2, 116-118

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.

Keywords: Skilled; immigration; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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