scholarly journals Team Production in International Labor Markets: Experimental Evidence from the Field

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Team Production ◽  
International Labor

scholarly journals Team Production in International Labor Markets: Experimental Evidence from the Field

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Team Production ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Team Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Nationally Diverse

Coworkers are increasingly diverse in their nationality and skill sets. This paper studies the effect of diversity on how workers are organized using data from a field experiment conducted in an environment where diversity is pervasive. Findings show that team organization improves outcomes when workers are from the same country. The opposite is true when workers are nationally diverse. These results are more pronounced for teams of workers with specialized skills. Further investigation of the data suggests that nationally diverse teams have difficulty communicating. (JEL D83, F23, F66, J24, M16, M54)

A Dynamical Model of Labor-Market Change in International Labor Migrations When Demand for Labor is Exogenous

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1051-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
P V Schaeffer
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Market Change ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
Labor Migrations ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Growth Requirements ◽  
Long Run ◽  
International Labor

Relatively little is known about the long-run behavior of international labor migrations. One of the biggest concerns in immigration debates relates to the continued pressure on the borders of the wealthy countries. This immigration pressure will decline significantly only if the poor nations manage to provide more high-wage jobs. An earlier model of international labor migration is used to derive additional insights into the growth and decline of labor supply in different labor markets resulting from migration. Particular attention is paid to labor demand growth requirements in a sending country so that out-migration will slow down and eventually stop.

scholarly journals The Ethics of Labor Immigration Policy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ruhs
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
High Income ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
International Labor

This chapter examines the ethics of labor immigration policy, moving the discussion from a positive analysis of “what is” to the equally important normative question of “what should be.” If high-income countries' labor immigration policies are characterized by a trade-off between openness and some rights for migrant workers, the chapter asks what rights restrictions—if any—are acceptable in order to enable more workers to access labor markets in high-income countries. It proposes a pragmatic approach that takes into account existing realities in labor immigration policymaking and gives more weight to the interests of migrants and countries of origin than most high-income countries currently do when designing labor immigration policies. Based on this approach, the chapter asserts that there is a strong normative case for tolerating the selective, evidence-based, temporary restriction of a few specific migrant rights under new and expanded temporary migration programs that help liberalize international labor migration.

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