With increasing sophistication, economists have been estimating gravity equations for five decades. Robust evidence … shows that borders and distance impede trade by much more than tariffs or transports costs can explain. We therefore …

This chapter focuses on the estimation and interpretation of gravity equations for bilateral trade. This necessarily …

The paper assesses the trade-creating impact of foreign-born residents on the international imports and exports of the … French regions where they are settled. The pro-trade effect of immigrants is investigated along two intertwined dimensions …: the complexity of traded goods and the quality of institutions in partner countries. The trade-enhancing impact of …

A major role for per-capita income in international trade, as opposed to simply country size, was persuasively advanced … by Linder (1961). Yet this crucial element of Linder’s story was abandon by most later trade economists in favor of the … phenomenon as growing wage gaps, the mystery of the missing trade, home bias in consumption, and the role of intra-country income …

The gravity equation in international trade is one of the most robust empirical finding in economics: bilateral trade … for the gravity equation in international trade, based on the emergence of a stable network of input-output linkages … longer distances on average, then aggregate trade is inversely proportional to distance. Data on firm level, sectoral, and …

This paper asks whether history can shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labour market impact in high …, the so-called first global century. It then assesses the effects of immigration on wages and employment with and without … links between these economic relationships and immigration policy. It concludes with an explanation for the apparent …

In the first global century before 1914, trade and especially migration had profound effects on both low-wage, labour …

Illegal immigration has been the focus of much debate in receiving countries, but little is known about what drives … exposure is significantly correlated with public opinion on illegal immigration. Controlling for education, income and ideology … entirely explain the correlation between media exposure and attitudes about illegal immigration. …