In the literature there's an established consensus on the strong and significant correlation between the stock of immigrants in the receiving country and the amount of trade with their country of origin. Surprisingly, only a few studies emphasize the role of ethnic minorities in triggering trade...

This paper investigates the trade migration link within a Ricardian model à la Eaton and Kortum (2002) and it quantifies the pro-trade effects of immigrants for 18 manufacturing sectors in a sample of 19 OECD countries. The results are robust across different econometric specifications and they...