Titre :

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

Auteur(s) :

Hoxhaj, Rezart [Auteur]
Marchal, Léa [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Seric, Adnan [Auteur]

Titre de la revue :

Journal of African Economies

Pagination :

201--232

Éditeur :

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Date de publication :

2015-11

ISSN :

0963-8024

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

FDI
skilled migration
expatriation
Sub-Saharan Africa

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

Résumé en anglais : [en]

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 ...
Lire la suite >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.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL