%0 Report
%9 EIC working paper series
%A Sgrignoli, Paolo
%A Metulini, Rodolfo
%A Schiavo, Stefano
%A Riccaboni, Massimo
%D 2013
%F eprints:1830
%I IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
%K Keywords: Trade, Migration, networks, gravity model, spatial econometric   -   JEL code: F10, F22, C1, D85   
%N 6
%T The Relation Between Global Migration and Trade Networks
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1830/
%X In this paper we develop a methodology to analyze and compare multiple global networks. We focus our analysis on the 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 econometric methodology, inspired by spatial econometrics, to measure the effect of migration on international trade while controlling for network interdependencies. Overall,  we find that migration significantly boosts trade across sectors and we are able to identify product categories for  which this effect is particularly strong.