Nuno Gonçalves () (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto) Ana Paula Africano () (CEF.UP and Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the link between immigration and trade among EU countries, particularly, in the context of the enlargement in 2004. The study tests if increasing stock of immigrants from New Member States has any impact on the exports of EU-15 to those markets, or not. To that end the study applies an extended gravity model of international trade to panel data for three countries – Germany, Denmark and Portugal. The results show that increasing immigration from New Member States has a positive impact on the exports of both Portugal and Denmark. The results also suggest that less restrictive immigration policies have a positive impact on exports. Finally these results do not hold in the case of Germany.
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Paper provided by Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto in its series FEP Working Papers with number
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Find related papers by JEL classification: C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Country and Industry Studies of Trade F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration O24 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
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