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Trade and Migration: A Production-Theory Approach

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Kohli, Ulrich
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This paper integrates the production-theory approach to import determination and the production-theory approach to immigration. The aggregate technology is described by a four-input translog cost function, from which the demand for imports and the demand for foreign labour services can be jointly derived. Empirical estimates are reported for Switzerland. Special care is taken to describe the substitution and complementarity relationships between the four inputs under alternative hypotheses. The issue of flexibility with respect to time is also examined.

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Paper provided by C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers in its series CEPR Discussion Papers with number 1684.

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Keywords: Aggregate Production; Guestworkers; Imports; Smoothing; Substitution and Complementarity;

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

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