International Migration and Economic Integration Understanding the Immigrant–Trade Link
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Roger White, Professor of Economics, Whittier College, US and Bedassa Tadesse, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth, US<i>’This important book illustrates once again the significant place that immigration has in the global economy in general, and with respect to international trade in particular. As both immigration and international trade grow over the 21st century, this relationship will become even more important. This book makes a valuable contribution to the study of that relationship.’</i>
- Bill Marr, Canadian Studies in Population,
<i>’Policy makers looking for scholarly perspective on immigration should take careful note of International Migration and Economic Integration. Its authors make a convincing case for the value that immigration will bring to their societies - and the losses these same societies are liable to incur if they attempt to slow immigration's pace.’</i>
- Rick Docksai, World Future Review,
Applying the augmented gravity model to data on trade and migration, International Migration and Economic Integration provides answers to the following questions:
- Do immigrants exert positive influences on trade between their respective host and home countries? Are the effects of immigrants on trade homogenous across different immigrant entry classifications? Do the influences of immigrants on trade in goods extend to trade in services? Are these influences homogenous across product types and industry/sector classifications?
- Do differences in relative levels of economic and/or social development for immigrants' host and/or home countries affect the existence or the magnitude of the immigrant-trade link? Have immigration policies and changes in such policies influenced the immigrant-trade relationship?
- Do cultural differences between immigrants' home and host countries inhibit trade flows and, if so, to what extent do the pro-trade influences of immigrants counter the trade-inhibiting effects of cultural distance?
- Is there variation in the pro-trade influences of immigrants across migration corridors? Is the influence of immigrants on trade conditional on the volume of trade taking place between their host and home countries? Are the effects of immigrants (emigrants) on trade universal? What factors/conditions correlate with the existence and operability of the immigrant-trade relationship?
Though ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in international trade, international economics, public policy, sociology and international relations and their professors, this engaging work will also be relevant for anyone outside of academia who is interested in public policy, immigration, or international relations.