International trade and migrant networks: Is It really about qualifications?

Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While most of the attention has been focused on immigrants' educational attainment, this paper focuses on the relevance of the tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirm that the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers with managerial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused by migrant networks.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Martín-Montaner, Joan A. ; Requena Silvente, Francisco ; Serrano, Guadalupe
Published in:	Estudios de Economía. - Santiago de Chile : Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, ISSN 0718-5286. - Vol. 41.2014, 2, p. 251-260
Publisher:	Santiago de Chile : Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
Subject:	international trade \| migration \| networks \| gravity equation

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	822025981 [GVK] hdl:10419/146724 [Handle]
Classification:	F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade ; F22 - International Migration
Source:	EconStor

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