A comparative analysis of African and Asian migrants’ effect on trade
Samuel Admassu ()
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Samuel Admassu: Deakin University
Empirical Economics, 2019, vol. 56, issue 6, No 10, 2079-2092
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Abstract The trade creation effect of migrants is among the topics of interest of contemporary development economists. Using a 10-year interval comprehensive dataset of 136 countries for the period 1970–2000, this paper reveals African migrants promote homogeneous product exports, while Asians promote the export of manufactured and differentiated products. Unsurprisingly, however, both African and Asian migrants have a positive and significant impact on imports from the migrants’ destination countries.
Keywords: Migration; Trade; Diaspora externality; Africa; Asia; Gravity equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1408-1
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