distribution of immigration elasticities of imports and exports across 48 studies that yielded 300 observations. The results show … on trade. The migrant elasticity of imports is larger than that of exports in about half the countries considered, but … that immigration complements rather than substitutes for trade flows between host and origin countries. Correcting for …

This paper investigates short and long-run effects of trade liberalization on employment and wages. Employment and wage …

This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports …, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the … imports and two-way trading for firm survival in a highly developed country. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis …

document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …

activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from …This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade … statistically significant and economically large effects of trade activities on profits. This demonstrates that any productivity …

. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration …Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and … suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong … associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long …

In "new" new international trade theory, whether firms export or not are determined by their productivity. These models …

The purpose of this paper of this paper is to explore the immigration and productivity in Spain. We estimate the effect … of immigration on labor productivity from 2004 until 2008 for Spain. Using firms (SABI) and individuals data (Social … immigrants in the last decade: Barcelona and Madrid. After controlling for endogeneity of immigration, the results demonstrate …