• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The Abolition of Immigration Restrictions and the Performance of Firms and Workers : Evidence from Switzerland
  • Contributor: Beerli, Andreas [Author]; Ruffner, Jan [Other]; Siegenthaler, Michael [Other]; Peri, Giovanni [Other]
  • Corporation: National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Published: Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018
  • Published in: NBER working paper series ; no. w25302
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource; illustrations (black and white)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3386/w25302
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  • Description: 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
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  • Access State: Open Access