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<li>Workers may have different skills. If immigrant workers are good at farming then domestic workers can shift into non-farming activities.</li>
<li>Workers increase the total population and larger populations can sustain greater specialization. For example, with enough people we can have an <a href="http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">artisanal pencil sharpener</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shortz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">professional crossword puzzle maker</a> but a smaller population couldn't sustain that as a career. </li>
<li>Migrants tastes may differ from domestics and domestics may develop businesses to address these tastes. For example, bidets are not common in the United States but Kohler, an American toilet manufacturer, is happy to have its workers make them for immigrants that enjoy them. </li>
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<p>When migrant workers arrive in a country, how do they facilitate specialisation? Is it by freeing up workers from jobs they do not want to do?</p>

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How does migration facilitate specialisation?
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# How does migration facilitate specialisation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-06)

When migrant workers arrive in a country, how do they facilitate specialisation? Is it by freeing up workers from jobs they do not want to do?

**Tags:** macroeconomics, migration


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-03-07. Score: 1

1. Workers may have different skills. If immigrant workers are good at farming then domestic workers can shift into non-farming activities.
2. Workers increase the total population and larger populations can sustain greater specialization. For example, with enough people we can have an [artisanal pencil sharpener](http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/) and [professional crossword puzzle maker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shortz) but a smaller population couldn't sustain that as a career.
3. Migrants tastes may differ from domestics and domestics may develop businesses to address these tastes. For example, bidets are not common in the United States but Kohler, an American toilet manufacturer, is happy to have its workers make them for immigrants that enjoy them.


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