The Relation Between Global Migration and Trade Networks

Paolo Sgrignoli, Rodolfo Metulini, Stefano Schiavo and Massimo Riccaboni ()

No 6/2013, Working Papers from IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

Abstract: In this paper we develop a methodology to analyze and compare multiple global networks. We focus our analysis on the relation between human migration and trade. First, we identify the subset of products for which the presence of a community of migrants significantly increases trade intensity. To assure comparability across networks, we apply a hypergeometric filter to identify links for which migration and trade intensity are both significantly higher than expected. Next we develop an econometric methodology, inspired by spatial econometrics, to measure the effect of migration on international trade while controlling for network interdependencies. Overall, we find that migration significantly boosts trade across sectors and we are able to identify product categories for which this effect is particularly strong.

Keywords: Trade; Migration; networks; gravity model; spatial econometric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 D85 F10 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2013-10, Revised 2013-10
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Journal Article: The relation between global migration and trade networks (2015)
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