Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2016
This paper explores the impact of immigrants on the imports, exports and productivity of service- producing firms in … productivity of the firm as well as its export behavior. The first effect can be understood as the re-assignment of offshore … productive tasks to immigrant workers. The second can be seen as a productivity or cost cutting effect due to immigration, and …