International migration and economic integration : understanding the immigrant-trade link /

White, Roger, 1967-

International migration and economic integration : understanding the immigrant-trade link / Understanding the immigrant-trade link Roger White, Bedassa Tadesse. - xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.

Introducing the Immigrant-Trade Link Migration, trade and globalization -- The gravity model and the literature on the immigrant-trade link -- The Effects of Immigrants on International Trade in Goods and Services -- Immigration policy, economic development and the immigrant-trade link: The case of the White Australia Policy -- East-West migration and trade: The pro-trade effects of immigrants in Italy -- Beyond trade in goods: Immigrants and US exports of tourism services-- The Cultural Bridging Effects of Immigrants on Trade -- The trade-inhibiting effects of cultural differences: Evidence from nine OECD countries -- Immigrants and the effects of cultural distance: An examination of aggregate US trade data -- Heterogeneity across immigrant groups: The effects of refugee and non-refugee immigrants on US trade -- The Operability and Universality of the Immigrant-Trade Link -- The effects of immigrants on trade in cultural and non-cultural goods: Evidence from US state-level exports -- Asymmetric information and trade facilitating infrastructure: Variation in the immigrant-trade link across migration corridors -- Transaction costs and the immigrant-trade link: Does the volume of bilateral trade matter? -- Are the effects of immigrants (emigrants) on trade universal? -- Findings, Implications and Questions that Remain -- A summary of findings from the application of the gravity model -- Lessons learned and suggestions for future research -- Notes -- References -- Index. PART I. 1. 2. PART II. 3. 4. 5. PART III. 6. 7. 8. PART IV. 9. 10. 11. 12 . PART V. 13. 14.

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Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects
International trade.
International economic integration

JV6217 / .W44 2011

304.82

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