This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

We provide evidence for the causal pro-trade effect of migrants and in doing so establish an important link between … migrant networks and long-run economic development. To this end, we exploit a unique event in human history, i.e. the exodus … during which time the US imposed a complete trade embargo on Vietnam. Following the lifting of trade restrictions in 1994, US …

Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in … networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims …

Immigrants can increase international trade by shifting preferences towards the goods of their country of origin and by …

structure of global supply chain networks. Using an instrumental variable strategy, combined with a novel dataset that links … firm-to-firm global supply chain information with a US establishment database and historical migration data, we find that … the co-ethnic networks formed by immigration have a positive causal impact on global supply chain relationships between …

structure of global supply chain networks. Using an instrumental variable strategy, combined with a novel dataset that links … firm-to-firm global supply chain information with a US establishment database and historical migration data, we find that … co-ethnic networks formed by immigration have a positive causal impact on global supply chain relationships between …

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …

numbers of refugees after 1990. Secondly, we exploit the specificities of the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act …