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Migration and foreign trade: Further results

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

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Population Economics.

Volume (Year): 15 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 381-387
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Note: Received: 24 March 1999/Accepted: 4 January 2001
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Keywords: Immigration · international trade · flexible functional forms;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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  1. Alexander Hijzen & Peter Wright, 2005. "Migration, Trade and Wages," Working Papers 2005-06, CEPII research center. [Downloadable!]
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