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Effects of Bilateral Trade on Migration Flows: the case of the United States

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  • Aguiar, Angel
  • Walmsley, Terrie
  • Abrevaya, Jason

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The factor price equalization theorem has inspired many theoretical and empirical papers on the relationship between trade and factor mobility. This paper uses a gravity equation to empirically test the effect of bilateral trade on a subset of international permanent legal migration from 175 countries into the United States. Cross-section and panel estimations are provided as exploratory tools. The results show that bilateral trade flows do not significantly explain migration flows, while the traditional determinants do.

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  • Aguiar, Angel & Walmsley, Terrie & Abrevaya, Jason, 2007. "Effects of Bilateral Trade on Migration Flows: the case of the United States," Conference papers 331627, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
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