Policy brief

Low-skilled Labor Migration: Benefits Outweigh Costs in Host Economies

Author

Uri Dadush, Soonhwa Yi

Date
December
2014
Abstract:

While low-skilled labor migration is not without cost, the list of benefits in host economies is long: low-skilled migrants enable natives to specialize in more highly paid jobs, reduce the cost of non-traded services, lower the cost of production, and increase firms’ global competitiveness.