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On the Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants
Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960112
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Economic and Spatial Determinants of Interregional Migration in Kazakhstan
Aldashev, Alisher; Dietz, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
panel data on region to region migration in 2008-2010. In line with traditional economic theory we find that migration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646277
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Southwest as the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as the new magnets for internal migration in the country. Characteristics of immigration from other provinces to these two are described, and analyzed in the context of the gravity model. The factors that affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553317
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Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?
Belke, Ansgar; Spies, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) accession of eight Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on their share in EMU-12 imports. Overcoming biases related to endogeneity, omitted variables and sample selection, our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822129
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Southern African Economic Integration: Evidence from an Augmented Gravity Model
Warin, Thierry; Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Tengia, Optat; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976903
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Do Non-Economic Quality of Life Factors Drive Immigration?
Lewer, Joshua J.; Pacheco, Gail; Rossouw, Stephanié - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
1991 to 2000 suggests an insignificant role for QOL in the immigration process. The panel results suggest that other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103279
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The Pro-Trade Effect of Immigration on American Exports During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Dunlevy, James A.; Hutchinson, William K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
The belief that immigrants generate beneficial externalities in their host countries, specifically in the form of an increased opportunity and ability of firms to expand their foreign trade, has recently been challenged by George Borjas in Heaven’s Door (1999, p. 97) as having no empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703011
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The Impact of Immigration on International Trade: A Meta-Analysis
Genc, Murat; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
the data (cross-section or panel) and the estimation technique. Elasticities vary between countries in ways that cannot be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371880
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A Gravity Model of Migration between ENC and EU
Ramos, Raul; Surinach, Jordi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and illegal migration towards Europe. Their economic, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702011
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Testing Mundell’s Intuition of Endogenous OCA Theory
Warin, Thierry; Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Janicki, Hubert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper presents an empirical assessment of the endogenous optimum currency area theory. Frankel and Rose (1998 …'s model by using FDI flows to test the original theory developed by Mundell in 1973. A gravity model is used to empirically … investment within the European Union. A fixed effects model based on a panel data of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761797