Pungpond  Rukumnuaykit, Piriya  Pholphirul, 
    Employment of Immigrants and Firm’s Competitiveness: Evidences from 
  Thai Manufacturers,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 7,Issue 5,
    2013,
    Pages 374-392,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2013.374.392,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2013.374.392)
    Abstract: This study, uses a firm-level survey to examine the economic 
  impacts of foreign migrants on Thai firms. Estimations show that an increase 
  in unskilled migrant workers should cause a drop in labor productivity, a reduction 
  of a firm’s probability of R&D 
  investment and a reduction of skills training. These negative impacts are based 
  on evidence of increased use of labor-saving technology whereby the employment 
  of unskilled immigrants encourages firms to rely on cost competiveness based 
  on low production costs rather than value-added (or long-term) competitiveness, 
  such as R&D investment and skills development. Even though immigration benefits, 
  Thai producers by allowing them to maintain price competitiveness by lowering 
  wage costs, this is merely a short-term benefit and one that jeopardizes long-term 
  economic development.
    Keywords: Immigration;competitiveness;long-term development;Bangkok;Thailand