Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed …

Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While … tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirm that the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers … with managerial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused by migrant networks. …

the kinship and friendship ties and the network position of pioneer migrants in the village affect the current … movement. By providing information and other resources, networks reduce the cost and risk associated with international … migration. The influence of migration networks, however, remains a black box that needs to be unpacked simply because these have …

perspective, the book addresses different forms of geographical mobility, such as immigration, emigration, and re … migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns … are part of migrants’ decisions regarding (or aspirations for) mobility. Employing a transnational and a translocal …

This paper provides evidence of the effect of immigration-based networks on German trade. Germany presents a particular … interesting case study to examine the effect of ethnic networks on exports due to its high export dependence and its reserved … migration policy. According to our results, we find no trade creating effect from migrant networks on exports but on imports …