Migration and foreign trade: Further results

Ulrich Kohli ()
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Ulrich Kohli: University of Geneva, 40, boulevard du Pont-d'Arve, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

Journal of Population Economics, 2002, vol. 15, issue 2, 387 pages

Abstract: In this note, we use the production-theory approach to immigration in an open-economy setting to investigate the role of nonresident workers in Swiss aggregate production. Unlike earlier work in this area, exports are explicitly taken into account. Indeed, a statistical test for global separability between inputs and outputs reveals that exports and products intended for domestic use cannot be aggregated. Our results show that immigration tends to stimulate imports and to shift the output mix towards nontraded goods, thereby impacting negatively on the trade account.

Keywords: Immigration; ·; international; trade; ·; flexible; functional; forms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 E23 F11 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-05-13
Note: Received: 24 March 1999/Accepted: 4 January 2001
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