Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Louis N. Christofides Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus Author-Name: Sofronis Clerides Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus Author-Name: Costas Hadjiyiannis Author-Email: costash@ucy.ac.cy Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus Author-Name: Michel S. Michael Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics and Economics Research Centre, University of Cyprus Title: The Impact of Foreign Workers on the Labour Market of Cyprus Abstract: We examine the impact of the very substantial increase in the employment of foreign workers on production, the growth in output and the wages of domestic workers using time series and cross-sectional data. We find that most recent growth in output can be explained by the increase in foreign workers, which also impacted favourably on the wages of the more educated and skilled domestic workers. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Foreign workers, output, growth, wages Journal: Cyprus Economic Policy Review Pages: 37-49 Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Year: 2007 Month: December File-URL: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/erc/documents/Full%20Text_Christofides.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:erc:cypepr:v:1:y:2007:i:2:p:37-49