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Title
Immigration and Economic Growth: Do Origin and Destination Matter?
Creator
Creator Name
Kang, Young ho Kang, Young ho
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Samsung Economic Research Institute
Creator Name
Kim, Byung Yeon Kim, Byung Yeon
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Seoul National University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Editor
Contributor Name
Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Immigration
economic growth
human capital
institutions
JEL
F22
O15
O41
O43
Abstract
This paper assesses the heterogeneous effects of immigration on economic growth depending on both the origin and the destination countries. Following the development of a simple growth model augmented by the embodied human capital of immigrants, we estimate the growth equation using both a gravity-style instrument variable approach and the dynamic system-GMM estimator. We find that immigration from developed economies positively affects the economic growth of the host countries. Furthermore, the growth-enhancing effect of immigration is significantly larger when immigration flows from developed to developing economies than when it does to those that include both developed and developing economies. We interpret these results as evidence of immigrants from developed countries bringing with them - upon entry - their advanced knowledge on technology and institutions into the developing countries that host them.
Description
July 2012
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2012-07
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
CEI Working Paper Series, No. 2012-01
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Related Identifier
URI
  http://cei.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/index.html
Number of Pages
30
Appears in Collections
CEI Working Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/28438