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Foreign inventors in the US: Testing for Diaspora and Brain Gain Effects
Breschi, Stefano; Lissoni, Francesco; Miguelez, Ernest - 2015
by: (i) co-ethnic migrants ('diaspora' effect); and (ii) inventors residing in their country of origin ('brain gain …' effect). We find evidence of the diaspora effect for Asian countries, but not for European ones, with the exception of Russia …. Diaspora effects do not translate necessarily into a brain gain effect, most notably for India; nor brain gain occurs only in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532994
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Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows
Kugler, Maurice; Levintal, Oren; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533053
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Equipping Immigrants: Migration Flows and Capital Movements
Lange, Fabian; Gollin, Douglas - 2009
This paper explores the extent to which migration-related capital flows can explain the variation in investment rates and current and capital account imbalances across OECD countries. Migrants must be equipped with machines, and the resulting demands for capital are likely, all else being equal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533074
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The Trade Creation Effect of Immigrants: Testing the Theory on the Remarkable Case of Spain
Peri, Giovanni; Requena, Francisco - 2009
There is abundant evidence that immigrants' networks are associated with larger trade flows between countries of origin and the country (or province) where they settle. The causality of such relation and its magnitude, however, have not been proven beyond reasonable doubt. We use the simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533130
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Equipping Immigrants: Migration Flows and Capital Movements
Lange, Fabian; Gollin, Douglas - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
This paper explores the extent to which migration-related capital flows can explain the variation in investment rates and current and capital account imbalances across OECD countries. Migrants must be equipped with machines, and the resulting demands for capital are likely, all else being equal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317966
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The Trade Creation Effect of Immigrants: Testing the Theory on the Remarkable Case of Spain
Peri, Giovanni; Requena Silvente, Francisco - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
There is abundant evidence that immigrants' networks are associated with larger trade flows between countries of origin and the country (or province) where they settle. The causality of such relation and its magnitude, however, have not been proven beyond reasonable doubt. We use the simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317990
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Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows
Kugler, Maurice; Rapoport, Hillel; Levintal, Oren - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839542
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Social capital, entrepreneurship and living standards: differences between immigrants and the native born
Roskruge, Matthew; Poot, Jacques; King, Laura - 2016
Both migrant entrepreneurship and social capital are topics which have attracted a great deal of attention. However, relatively little econometric analysis has been done on their interrelationship. In this paper we first consider the relationship between social capital and the prevalence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532784
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Networks in the Diaspora
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler (Cohen), Odelia - 2016
In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533131
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Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply
Boelmann, Barbara; Raute, Anna; Schönberg, Uta - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533097