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The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers: Evidence from Switzerland / Andreas Beerli, Jan Ruffner, Michael Siegenthaler, Giovanni Peri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beerli, Andreas.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25302.
- NBER working paper series no. w25302
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.
- Summary:
- We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swiss labor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many cross-border workers were highly educated, wages of highly educated natives increased. The reason is a simultaneous increase in labor demand: the reform increased the size, productivity, and innovation performance of skill-intensive incumbent firms and attracted new firms, creating opportunities for natives to pursue managerial jobs. These effects are mainly driven by firms that reported skill shortages before the reform.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- November 2018.
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