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How Do Immigrants Promote Exports?

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  • Gianluca Orefice

    (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CESifo - CESifo)

  • Hillel Rapoport

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales - Centre d'analyse stratégique, LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research)

  • Gianluca Santoni

    (CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales - Centre d'analyse stratégique)

Abstract

How do immigrants promote exports? To answer this question we propose an empirical framework allowing to disentangle the role of migration networks that operate at a bilateral level from that of productivity channels (knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity) that operate at the aggregate level. We find evidence supporting both, at the extensive as well as at the intensive margin. The results are robust to using various IV strategies. While richer countries' exports tend to benefit more from immigrants' diversity (especially in sectors characterized by complex production processes), developing countries benefit from knowledge diffusion more.

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  • Gianluca Orefice & Hillel Rapoport & Gianluca Santoni, 2025. "How Do Immigrants Promote Exports?," Post-Print halshs-04954690, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04954690
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103443
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    1. Carlo Lombardo & Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco, 2025. "Skilled Immigration and Firm-Level Upgrading as Exports Boosters in a Developing Country," CESifo Working Paper Series 11645, CESifo.
    2. Ariu, Andrea, 2022. "Foreign workers, product quality, and trade: Evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    3. Yasmine Elkhateeb & Riccardo Turati & Jérôme Valette, 2025. "Immigration, Identity Choices, and Cultural Diversity," Working Papers 2025-18, CEPII research center.
    4. Ghose,Devaki & Wang,Zhiling, 2023. "Offshoring Response to High-Skilled Immigration : A Firm-Level Analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10371, The World Bank.
    5. Sabeer, Vadakke Cholakkakath, 2025. "International migration and trade: A comparative analysis of China and India," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
    6. Aksel Erbahar & Ömer Tarık Gençosmanoğlu, 2023. "Migrants and imports: Evidence from Dutch firms," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(360), pages 1204-1228, October.

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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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