eprintid: 1830
rev_number: 15
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/00/18/30
datestamp: 2013-10-09 14:10:24
lastmod: 2014-07-28 09:34:20
status_changed: 2013-10-09 14:10:24
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Sgrignoli, Paolo
creators_name: Metulini, Rodolfo
creators_name: Schiavo, Stefano
creators_name: Riccaboni, Massimo
creators_id: paolo.sgrignoli@alumni.imtlucca.it
creators_id: rodolfo.metulini@imtlucca.it
creators_id: 
creators_id: massimo.riccaboni@imtlucca.it
title: The Relation Between Global Migration and Trade Networks
ispublished: pub
subjects: HB
subjects: HD
subjects: JV
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: Keywords: Trade, Migration, networks, gravity model, spatial econometric
 -   JEL code: F10, F22, C1, D85 

abstract: 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.
date: 2013-10
date_type: published
number: 6
publisher: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
pages: 19
institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Sgrignoli, Paolo and Metulini, Rodolfo and Schiavo, Stefano and Riccaboni, Massimo  The Relation Between Global Migration and Trade Networks.  EIC working paper series  #6/2013    IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca    ISSN 2279-6894.      
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1830/1/EIC_WP_6_2013.pdf