International migration and trade agreements: The new role of PTAs

Gianluca Orefice

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2015, vol. 48, issue 1, 310-334

Abstract: This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and bilateral migration flows. Building on the empirical literature on the determinants of migration flows, I estimate a modified gravity model to assess the role of PTAs and their content on bilateral migration flows. Using a sample of 29 OECD destination countries over the period 1998–2008, I show a strong positive effect of PTAs on bilateral migration flows. I find that the content of PTAs also matters: when visa‐and‐asylum and labour market related provisions are included in PTAs, this further stimulates bilateral migration flows. Different estimation strategies, including instrumental variables, are employed to address the potential endogeneity bias problems related to PTAs and their content. Ce travail vise à étudier la relation entre les accords commerciaux préférentiels (et leur contenu) et les entrées de migrants dans 29 pays de destination de l'OCDE sur la période 1998–2008. En utilisant le modèle de gravité, il examine l'effet des ACP sur les tailles des flux migratoires bilatéraux. Je trouve un effet positif des accords commerciaux préférentiels sur les flux migratoires : partager un ACP stimule les flux migratoires entre pays membres de près de 26,7%. Je considère également le contenu des ACP comme un déterminant de la migration, estimant que les dispositions sur les visas, le droit d'asile et l'accès au marché du travail (lorsqu'ils sont inclus dans les ACP) stimulent les flux migratoires bilatéraux.

Date: 2015
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Journal Article: International migration and trade agreements: The new role of PTAs (2015)
Working Paper: International Migration and Trade Agreements: the new role of PTAs (2012)
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