International trade and migrant networks : is It really about qualifications?

Joan Martín-Montaner; Francisco Requena; Guadalupe Serrano

Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While most of the attention has been focused on immigrants' educational attainment, this paper focuses on the relevance of the tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirm that the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers with managerial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused by migrant networks.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Martín Montaner, Joan A. ; Requena Silvente, Francisco ; Serrano, Guadalupe
Subject:	International trade \| migration \| networks \| gravity equation \| Gravitationsmodell \| Gravity model \| Soziales Netzwerk \| Social network \| Internationale Wirtschaft \| International economy \| Internationale Migration \| International migration \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Außenhandel \| Foreign trade \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers