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Editor's choice FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Rezart Hoxhaj
  • Léa Marchal
  • Adnan Seric

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This article investigates the determinants of the employment of foreign skilled workers by firms operating in Sub-Saharan African countries. We use cross section firm-level data on a large sample of foreign and domestic firms collected through the Africa Investor Survey 2010 by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. We find evidence of a strong complementarity between foreign capital inflows and the employment of foreign skilled workers. Our results also indicate that interventions in improving the working regulation and skilled workers immigration regimes may stimulate foreign skilled workers transfer by firms, and thereby foreign direct investments.

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  • Rezart Hoxhaj & Léa Marchal & Adnan Seric, 2016. "Editor's choice FDI and Migration of Skilled Workers Towards Developing Countries: Firm-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 25(2), pages 201-232.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:25:y:2016:i:2:p:201-232.
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    1. Adugna Lemi & Liyan Liu & Ian A. Wright, 2021. "Location choice determinants of Chinese and US firms in Africa: Does spatial interdependence play a role?," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(10), pages 2966-2997, October.
    2. Eduardo Saucedo & Teofilo Ozuna & Hector Zamora, 2020. "The effect of FDI on low and high-skilled employment and wages in Mexico: a study for the manufacture and service sectors," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 54(1), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Jayet, H. & Marchal, L., 2016. "Migration and FDI: Reconciling the standard trade theory with empirical evidence," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 46-66.
    4. Rémi Odry, 2020. "Academic Convergence and Migration: the effect of the BolognaProcess on European Mobility," EconomiX Working Papers 2020-24, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
    5. Tafadzwa Matiza & Sandra Perks, 2017. "Human Capital Reputation as an Antecedent of Foreign Direct Investment Market Entry in Zimbabwe," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 9(5), pages 185-199.

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