pattern of results is consistent with the hypothesis that migration mainly reduces fixed trade costs derived from information … migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that … migration to facilitate trade may only be effective with respect to exports. This paper also contributes to the literature on …

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very … the past literature. However, using instrumental variables based on migration enclaves, we show that immigrants have a …

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very … the past literature. However, using instrumental variables based on migration enclaves, we show that immigrants have a …

Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …' ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms' foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms' trade costs, and exactly through …

Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …' ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms' foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms' trade costs, and exactly through …

Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …’ ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms’ foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms’ trade costs, and exactly through …

Migration has been associated with higher levels of trade. Previous studies interpret this as evidence of migrants …’ ability to lower trade costs. Nevertheless, no study has investigated the impact of migrants on firms’ foreign trade. Thus …, they fail to both provide evidence on the role that migrants may play in lowering firms’ trade costs, and exactly through …

In this paper we analyse the link between trade and migration. Focusing in the experience of Spain, we relate a … marginal index of intra-industry trade with the stock of foreign workers - classified according to their country of origin and … their situation in the Spanish labour market. We focus on the possibility that existing networks of foreign workers and …

relation between human migration and trade. First, we identify the subset of products for which the presence of a community of … migrants significantly increases trade intensity. To assure comparability across networks, we apply a hypergeometric filter to … identify links for which migration and trade intensity are both significantly higher than expected. Next we develop an …

This paper investigates the trade migration link within a Ricardian model` a la Eaton and Kortum (2002) and it … the sector where immigration has the greatest impact on trade. The analy- sis shows that accounting for ethnic networks in … quantifies the pro-trade effects of immigrants for 18 manufactur- ing sectors in a sample of 19 OECD countries. The results are …