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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade

Aleksynska, Mariya - 2012

Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business networks, and quantifies its impact on bilateral trade. Using cross-sectional data and controlling for the overall bilateral stock of migrants, the share of migrants employed...

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The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firms' Offshoring Decisions

Moriconi, Simone - 2018

The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms' potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and characteristics...

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The Formation of Networks in the Diaspora

Epstein, Gil S. - 2016

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those immigrants and the locals in different countries. We present the model by considering different possible interactions between immigrants and the new society in their host country....

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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2021

We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...

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Technology, Skills, and Globalization : Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data

Lewandowski, Piotr - 2019

-skill occupations. We estimate the determinants of workers' RTI as a function of technology (computer use), globalization …. Globalization (as measured by sector foreign value-added share) increases RTI in poorer countries but reduces RTI in richer … globalization also important. Technology contributes the most to the differences in RTI among workers in high-skilled occupations …

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Migrants' Remittances : Channelling Globalization

Anghel, Remus - 2015

organizations, scholars and practitioners to increasingly consider remittances as one of the main engines to promote globalization … and growth in the developing world. By transferring home large amounts of money, information, ideas and practices …. Focusing on cases from former socialist countries and around the world, this paper discusses the main debates surrounding the …

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Why U.S. Immigration Barriers Matter for the Global Advancement of Science

Agarwal, Ruchir; Ganguli, Ina; Gaule, Patrick; Smith, Geoff - 2021

This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge network— representing 20-33% of the frontier...

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