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| Title: | | Migration and trade  |
| Authors: | | Egger, Peter H. Ehrlich, Maximilian von Nelson, Douglas R. |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Trade Policy 3467 |
| Abstract: | | Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is not log-linear. In particular, at small levels of migration (stocks) the elasticity of trade to migration is quite high, and it declines to zero at about 4,000 immigrants. If migration stocks exceed such a level, the evidence suggests that trade will not increase anymore. This suggests that cross-country network and other effects flowing from migration materialize at relatively low levels of migration, but there appears to be satiation as immigrant numbers increase by much. |
| Subjects: | | migration bilateral trade quasi-randomized experiment generalized propensity score estimation |
| JEL: | | C21 F14 F22 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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