Besides contributing to the Brazil?s growth, skilled immigrants could help reduce income inequality, said the economist Samuel Pessôa, researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE), in the article Imigração: Uma Boa Ideia (Immigration: A Good Idea) - published on January 26th, by the newspaper Folha de São Paulo.Our society has already greatly benefited from immigrants. Much of the country's development in the last decades of the 19th century until the first half of the 20th century included the supply of foreign workers who made Brazil their homeland, says Pessôa.  He recalls that, although considered relatively unqualified in current Brazilian educational standards, at the time these professionals had a much higher level of education than that of the average Brazilian population.Nowadays, the researcher explains that the arrival of skilled workers could decrease the high educational inequality in Brazil - the most important factor to describe the Brazilian inequality in our society. The arrival of skilled immigrants, increasing the supply of skilled labor, contributes to reduce educational inequality, and thus, reduce income inequality. And he continued. The higher supply of skilled workers will reduce the income of this type of work and raise the income of unqualified labor, contributing to the reduction of income inequality.Samuel Pessôa also assesses positively the program Mais Médicos (More Medics), of the Ministry of Health. The professional has time to adapt, learn the language and prepare himself/herself for the certification. After some time, three years in the case of the program Mais Médicos, and approved by the certification, the professional will be absorbed by the Brazilian labor market with full rights, he explains, noting that such measures ensure the accreditation of the worker and makes his/her coming here attractive.Please click here to read the full article (in Portuguese).