| Foreign Labour on Malaysian Growth |
Rahmah Ismail, Ferayuliani Yuliyusman, |
| Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia |
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Corresponding Author:
Rahmah Ismail ,Email: rahis@ukm.edu.my |
| Copyright ©2014 The Journal of Economic Integration |
| ABSTRACT |
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This paper is to examine the impact of foreign labour on Malaysian economic growth
using panel data from three sectors: manufacturing, services, and construction for the
period of 1990~2010. The short run and long run effects of foreign labour on output
growth are analysed using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag approach. The study
shows that the skilled and semi-skilled foreign labours have a positive and significant
impact on the output growth in both the short run and the long run. However, the study
finds that the unskilled foreign labour adversely affects output growth in both the short
run and the long run.
JEL Classification
J01: Labor Economics: General
J08: Labor Economics Policies |
| Keywords:
Skilled Foreign Labour | Semi-skilled Foreign Labour | Unskilled Foreign Labour | Economic Growth
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