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business reporter Michael Janda

Lower productivity firms are leaning on migrant labour and it's threatening living standards, think tank says

The agricultural sector had the highest share of migrant workers in low productivity businesses. (ABC Rural: Emma Brown)

Shifts in Australia's migration intake over the past decade appear to be a major contributor to the sharp decline in productivity growth, threatening economic expansion and living standards, a new report finds.

The research, by economic think tank e61, used a dataset of all firms and workers in the country to find out which businesses were employing migrant workers and how they ranked for productivity performance.

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