Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment

Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment

While there exists sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of networks on foreign direct investment (FDI). The existence of ethnic networks may positively affect FDI by promoting information...

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Main Authors: Javorcik, Beata S., Özden, Çağlar, Spatareanu, Mariana, Neagu, Cristina
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ARMED CONFLICT
ASSETS
BILATERAL TRADE
BRAIN-DRAIN
CITIES
CITIZENS
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMERS
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIASPORA
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC STATUS
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EDUCATED MIGRANTS
ELASTICITY
EMIGRATION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ETHICS
EXPORTS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRATION
IMPLICIT CONTRACT
INFLATION
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR MARKET
LAND OWNERSHIP
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION FLOWS
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
PEACE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION CENTER
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION INCREASES
POPULATION SIZE
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PURCHASING POWER
PUSH FACTOR
REGULATORY REGIMES
REMITTANCES
REMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS
RESPECT
RETURN MIGRATION
RETURNEE
RULE OF LAW
RURAL POPULATIONS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRADE BARRIERS
TRANSPORTATION
UNMARRIED WOMEN
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7154722/migrant-networks-foreign-direct-investment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9023

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7154722/migrant-networks-foreign-direct-investment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9023

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