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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2011
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
FIW Working Paper No. 70
Verlag: 
FIW - Research Centre International Economics, Vienna
Zusammenfassung: 
The theoretical claim that ethnic networks encourage trade has found broad empirical support in the literature on migration, business networks and international trade. Ethnic networks matter for the exporting firm, as they exhibit the potential to lower fixed and variable cost of exporting. This paper provides a first attempt to identify the export-promoting effect of emigration on the firm level. Using detailed Danish firm-level data, we can parsimoniously control for export determinants other than emigration, unobserved heterogeneity at the firm level, as well as for self-selection of firms into exporting. Additionally accounting for taste similarity between Denmark and its trade partners, our findings suggest a positive effect of emigration on Danish manufacturing trade within Europe, thereby corroborating preceding studies on aggregate data. Nevertheless, as a novel insight, our analysis reveals that the only beneficiaries of emigration are small enterprises.
Schlagwörter: 
Emigration
Brain Drain
Small Businesses
International Trade
Firmlevel analysis
JEL: 
F22
F16
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