Studies regarding the migrants’ impact upon performance variables and in particular upon productivity growth – which is … industries and regions and output and productivity growth. We do obtain robust results with respect to the positive impact of the … – on the relationship between productivity growth and the shares of migrants and of high-skilled migrants in overall …

productivity is tested for a large panel of Irish manufacturing firms. Theory suggests that as firms outsource more 'non …-core' activities to specialized providers, productivity due to the firm benefiting from cheaper or higher-quality inputs and from … outsourcing is found to lead to productivity gains, but upon closer inspection it seems that firms? international orientation and …