The trade creation effect of immigrants: evidence from the remarkable case of Spain

被引:101
作者
Peri, Giovanni [1 ]
Requena-Silvente, Francisco [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Valencia, Dept Appl Econ 2, E-46003 Valencia, Spain
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2010年 / 43卷 / 04期
关键词
F10; R12; INTRAINDUSTRY TRADE; NETWORKS; GRAVITY; IMPACT; FLOWS; FIRMS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01620.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
P>This paper investigates the immigration-trade link using data on individual exporting transactions and immigrants in Spanish provinces between 1995 and 2008. We quantify the impact of new immigrants on the extensive margin (number of transactions) and intensive margin (average value per transaction) of exports. We find that immigrants significantly increase exports and that the effect is almost entirely due to an increase in the extensive margin. Consistent with the idea that immigrants reduce the fixed cost of exporting, we find stronger effects for differentiated goods and for countries that are culturally distant from Spain.Ce texte etudie le lien immigration-commerce international a l'aide de donnees sur les transactions individuelles d'exportation et sur les immigrants dans les provinces espagnoles entre 1995 et 2008. On quantifie l'impact des nouveaux immigrants a la marge extensive (nombre de transactions d'exportation) et a la marge intensive (valeur moyenne des transactions d'exportation) . On decouvre que les immigrants declenchent une augmentation significative des exportations, et que cet effet est presqu'entierement attribuable a un accroissement a la marge extensive. En ligne avec l'idee que les immigrants reduisent les couts fixes de l'exportation, on decouvre des effets plus forts pour les produits differencies et pour des pays qui sont distants culturellement de l'Espagne.
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页码:1433 / 1459
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