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dc.contributor.authorMundra, Kusumen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-20-
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-28T13:55:40Z-
dc.date.available2011-06-28T13:55:40Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/46120-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the role of immigrant networks on trade, particularly through the demand effect. First, we examine the effect of immigration on trade when the immigrants consume more of the goods that are abundant in their home country than the natives in a standard Heckscher-Ohlin model and find that the effect of immigration on trade is a priori indeterminate. Our econometric gravity model consists of 63 major trading and immigrant sending countries for the US over 1991-2000. We find that the immigrants' income, mostly through the demand effect, has a significant negative effect on US imports. However, if we include the effect of the immigrant income interacted with the size of the immigrant network, measured by the immigrant stock, we find that the higher the immigrant income the lower is the immigrant network effect for both US exports and imports. This we find in addition to the immigrant stock elasticity of 0.27% for US exports and 0.48% for US imports. Capturing the immigrant assimilation with the level of immigrant income, this paper finds that the immigrant network effect on trade flows is weakened by the increasing level of immigrant assimilation.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5237en
dc.subject.jelF22en
dc.subject.jelF11en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordimmigrant networksen
dc.subject.keywordimmigrant assimilationen
dc.subject.keyworddemand effecten
dc.subject.keywordtradeen
dc.titleImmigrant networks and US bilateral trade: The role of immigrant income-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn662487052en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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