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In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very small geographical units (NUTS-3). Exploiting the very favorable setup offered by Italy's features - the very high number of countries of origin of immigrants ('super-diversity'),...
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Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While … tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirm that the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers …
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This note revisits the role of migrant social networks as determinants of bilateral-migration flows. We do so using a new database that covers about 190 world countries and features more accurate estimates of bilateral flows than those employed so far. Our battery of gravity-model exercises show...
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What is the role of international migrants and, specifically, migrant networks in shaping political attitudes and … migrants and by other individuals in their networks. To test this hypothesis, we use detailed data on different migrant … of migrants an individual is in close contact with via regular chatting significantly increases political participation …
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This paper analyzes whether natives with a network abroad have a distinctive cultural stance compared to similar individuals without such connections within the same region. Using individual-level data on connectedness from the Gallup World Poll across 2,256 within-country regions over 148...
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The effect of immigration on host and origin countries is mediated by the way migrants take their labor supply … be very large. Temporary migrants are very reactive to economic conditions in their potential destinations …
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to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain majority of the variability of migration …
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-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: "established" migrants … to study cooperation between more than two migrants, it emerges that there is a finite optimal size of the migration … network. Consequently, would-be migrants in the sending country will form a multitude of networks, rather than a single grand …
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-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: "established" migrants … to study cooperation between more than two migrants, it emerges that there is a finite optimal size of the migration … network. Consequently, would-be migrants in the sending country will form a multitude of networks, rather than a single grand …
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