relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2193/
title: The migration network effect on international trade
creator: Metulini, Rodolfo
creator: Sgrignoli, Paolo
creator: Schiavo, Stefano
creator: Riccaboni, Massimo
subject: HB Economic Theory
subject: HD Industries. Land use. Labor
subject: JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
description: This paper studies the relationship between migration and trade, with the aim of measuring both direct and indirect network effects. We analyze trade of diferentiated and homogeneous goods using an econometric approach inspired by spatial econometrics, proposing a new way to define country neighbors based on the most  intense links in the migration network. We find that migration significantly affects trade across categories both in direct and in indirect way. The indirect impact  highlights a stronger competitive effect of third country migrants for homogeneous goods. We also confirm that the effect of migration channels is higher on differentiated goods.
date: 2014-05
type: Working Paper
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
rights: cc_by_nd
identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2193/1/EIC_WP_5_2014.pdf
identifier:   Metulini, Rodolfo and Sgrignoli, Paolo and Schiavo, Stefano and Riccaboni, Massimo  The migration network effect on international trade.  EIC working paper series  #5/2014     ISSN 2279-6894.