Effects of Bilateral Trade on Migration Flows: the case of the United States

Angel Aguiar Román, Terrie Walmsley and Jason Abrevaya

No 331627, Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

Abstract: The factor price equalization theorem has inspired many theoretical and empirical papers on the relationship between trade and factor mobility. This paper uses a gravity equation to empirically test the effect of bilateral trade on a subset of international permanent legal migration from 175 countries into the United States. Cross-section and panel estimations are provided as exploratory tools. The results show that bilateral trade flows do not significantly explain migration flows, while the traditional determinants do.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2007
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