Does Migration Foster Exports? Evidence from Africa

Does Migration Foster Exports? Evidence from Africa

This paper aims at assessing the impact of migration on export performance and more particularly the effect of African migrants on African trade. Relying on a new data set on international bilateral migration recently released by the World Bank spa...

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Main Authors: Ehrhart, Hélène, Le Goff, Maëlan, Rocher, Emmanuel, Singh, Raju Jan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BILATERAL AGREEMENT
BILATERAL TRADE
BRAIN DRAIN
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
COMMODITIES
CONSUMER GOODS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COST REDUCTION
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY RISK
COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIRECT ACCESS
DISSEMINATION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMICS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
GDP
GLOBAL EXPORTS
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY MODEL
GRAVITY MODELS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEALTH CARE
HOME COUNTRIES
HOME COUNTRY
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LDCS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL SYSTEM
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET RISKS
MIGRANT
MIGRANT POPULATIONS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION DATA
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE
MULTILATERAL TRADE
NATIONAL BORDERS
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
PATTERN OF TRADE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PROGRESS
RECENT IMMIGRANTS
REGIONAL TRADE
REMITTANCES
REPUTATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE COSTS
TRADE CREATION
TRADE EFFECT
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE MISSIONS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE RELATIONSHIP
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
VALUE OF EXPORTS
VALUE OF TRADE
WAGES
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18757846/migration-foster-exports-evidence-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16810

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18757846/migration-foster-exports-evidence-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16810

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