A significant number of empirical studies, focusing on different countries, have found a positive link between migration and trade. This paper studies the relationship between emigration, immigration and trade using Italian data. The sample regards 51 foreign trading partners and spans from 1990 to 2005. The results suggest that: networks of Italian emigrants in foreign countries boost bilateral trade. The effects of immigrants are weak, on exports, or negative, on imports. Results do not change when the cultural and institutional dissimilarities between countries are considered.

Migrant networks: empirical implications for the Italian bilateral trade / Murat, Marina Giovanna; Pistoresi, Barbara. - In: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC JOURNAL. - ISSN 1016-8737. - STAMPA. - 23:3(2009), pp. 371-390. [10.1080/10168730903119435]

Migrant networks: empirical implications for the Italian bilateral trade

MURAT, Marina Giovanna;PISTORESI, Barbara
2009

Abstract

A significant number of empirical studies, focusing on different countries, have found a positive link between migration and trade. This paper studies the relationship between emigration, immigration and trade using Italian data. The sample regards 51 foreign trading partners and spans from 1990 to 2005. The results suggest that: networks of Italian emigrants in foreign countries boost bilateral trade. The effects of immigrants are weak, on exports, or negative, on imports. Results do not change when the cultural and institutional dissimilarities between countries are considered.
2009
23
3
371
390
Migrant networks: empirical implications for the Italian bilateral trade / Murat, Marina Giovanna; Pistoresi, Barbara. - In: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC JOURNAL. - ISSN 1016-8737. - STAMPA. - 23:3(2009), pp. 371-390. [10.1080/10168730903119435]
Murat, Marina Giovanna; Pistoresi, Barbara
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