The pro-trade effect of the brain drain: Sorting out confounding factors

Gabriel J Felbermayr () and Benjamin Jung

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 104, issue 2, pages 72-75

Abstract: We sort out confounding factors in the empirical link between bilateral migration and trade. Using newly available panel data on developing countries' diaspora to rich OECD nations in a theory-grounded gravity model, we uncover a robust, causal pro-trade effect. Moreover, we do not find evidence in favor of strong differences across education groups.

Keywords: Gravity; model; International; trade; International; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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