From: Do high-skill immigrants raise productivity? Evidence from Israeli manufacturing firms, 1990-1999
 | Share immigrants in 1993 | Share immigrants in 1997 | Share immigrants in 1993 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | All available firms | All available firms | All firms in 1997 sample | |||
Number employed: 10-24 | 0.009 (0.014) | 0.001 (0.013) | 0.008 (0.053) | -0.006 (0.057) | 0.051 (.044) | 0.024 (0.044) |
Number employed: 25-49 | 0.039** (0.152) | 0.028* (0.015) | -0.006 (0.042) | -0.017 (0.055) | 0.127** (0.044) | 0.089** (0.041) |
Number employed: 50-99 | 0.034** (0.015) | 0.022 (0.015) | -0.045 (0.044) | -0.048 (0.050) | 0.062 (0.042) | 0.040 (0.041) |
Number employed: 100+ | 0.011 (0.015) | -0.002 (0.015) | -0.010 (0.047) | -0.037 (0.049) | 0.025 (0.040) | -0.006 (0.038) |
Log (K/L) | 0.032* (0.009) | 0.022** (0.008) | 0.047 (0.027) | 0.056* (0.029) | 0.015 (0.013) | 0.014 (0.013) |
Log Wage | -0.052** (0.018) | -0.044** (0.016) | 0.131** (0.055) | 0.086** (0.042) | -0.053* (0.031) | -0.038 (0.030) |
Log value added per worker | 0.014 (0.015) | 0.019 (0.013) | -0.158** (0.062) | -0.140** (0.054) | 0.019 (0.021) | 0.015 (0.021) |
Output share in 3-digit industry | -0.131** (0.065) | -0.129* (0.066) | -0.246** (0.149) | -0.161 (0.136) | -0.056 (0.064) | -0.081 (0.066) |
Three-firm concentration index (3-digit industry) | 0.078** (0.037) | 0.081** (0.039) | -0.020 (0.114) | 0.061 (0.121) | -0.034 (0.050) | 0.07 (0.055) |
Output share × Concentration index | -0.216** (0.096) | -0.206** (0.101) | 0.06 (0.218) | 0.143 (0.221) | -0.088 (0.086) | -0.116 (0.085) |
Import penetration index (3-digit industry) | 0.099** (0.038) | 0.119** (0.045) | 0.264** (0.135) | 0.364** (0.132) | 0.015 (0.057) | 0.021 (0.059) |
Avg. years of schooling in 3-digit industry | -0.021** (0.008) | -0.017 (0.011) | 0.013 (0.022) | 0.042 (0.030) | -0.014 (0.011) | 0.001 (0.017) |
High tech | 0.047 (0.029) | - | 0.011 (0.087) | - | 0.009 (0.043) | - |
Medium-high tech | 0.041* (0.022) | - | 0.029 (0.066) | - | 0.020 (0.032) | - |
Medium-low tech | 0.061** (0.014) | - | 0.153** (0.052) | - | 0.020 (0.027) | - |
Any R&D | 0.000 (0.014) | 0.00 (0.014) | -0.026 (0.031) | -0.024 (0.033) | 0.004 (0.021) | -0.008 (0.021) |
Region dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2- digit industry dummies | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
N | 1704 | 1704 | 616 | 616 | 609 | 609 |
R2 | 0.107 | 0.198 | 0.358 | 0.475 | 0.140 | 0.234 |