TY  - RPRT
ID  - eprints1830
EP  - 19
KW  - Keywords: Trade
KW  -  Migration
KW  -  networks
KW  -  gravity model
KW  -  spatial econometric
 -   JEL code: F10
KW  -  F22
KW  -  C1
KW  -  D85 

Y1  - 2013/10//
TI  - The Relation Between Global Migration and Trade Networks
AV  - public
UR  - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1830/
SN  - 2279-6894
PB  - IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
A1  - Sgrignoli, Paolo
A1  - Metulini, Rodolfo
A1  - Schiavo, Stefano
A1  - Riccaboni, Massimo
N2  - 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.
M1  - imt_eic_working_paper
ER  -