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Impact of foreign workers on labour productivity: analysis of firm level data

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  • Rahmah Ismail

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The majority of foreign workers in Malaysia are unskilled and more than half come from Indonesia. Nowadays, labour productivity is the main concern of firms in a bid to reduce the cost of production and be more competitive. Therefore, the issue is whether foreign workers have an adverse effect on labour productivity in Malaysia. The present paper attempts to investigate this issue using data from 279 companies in 2011 collected by means of a field survey. The companies are located in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Pahang, Terengganu and Johor in Malaysia. The labour productivity model is estimated using local and foreign workers, skilled labour, semiskilled labour and unskilled; labour as independent variables. The results show that skilled foreign workers do not contribute significantly to labour productivity. Instead, the unskilled and semiskilled foreign workers have a significant and negative impact on labour productivity.

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  • Rahmah Ismail, 2015. "Impact of foreign workers on labour productivity: analysis of firm level data," International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(1), pages 36-53.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpqma:v:16:y:2015:i:1:p:36-53
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    1. Saffiah Mohd Nor & Geetha Subramaniam & Zahariah Sahudin, 2023. "The Effects of Foreign Labor on Labor Productivity in Construction Industries," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 15(2), pages 116-127.
    2. Saffiah Mohd Nor & Zahariah Sahudin & Geetha Subramaniam, 2023. "The Effects of Health, Labor and Capital towards Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Industries," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 15(1), pages 121-130.

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