TY  - JOUR
T1  - Employment of Immigrants and Firm’s Competitiveness: Evidences from 
  Thai Manufacturers
AU - Rukumnuaykit, Pungpond AU - Pholphirul, Piriya 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 374
EP  - 392
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2013.374.392
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2013.374.392
KW  - Immigration
KW  -competitiveness
KW  -long-term development
KW  -Bangkok
KW  -Thailand
AB  - 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.
ER  -