The hub continent? Immigrant networks, emigrant diasporas and FDI

Sara Flisi and Marina Murat

Department of Economics from University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi"

Abstract: This paper studies the effects of immigrant networks on the bilateral FDI of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and, for Italy and Spain, also of the emigrant diasporas. It analyses the effects of skilled and unskilled immigrants and of networks linked to developing and developed countries. Results show that the FDIs of the UK, Germany and France are affected by the networks of skilled immigrants, while those of Italy and Spain are prompted only by the emigrant diasporas. Networks linked to OECD and non-OECD countries have similar effects

Keywords: migration; networks; skills; diasporas; FDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F22 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 20
Date: 2010-05
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Journal Article: The hub continent. Immigrant networks, emigrant diasporas and FDI (2011)
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