Migration, Trade and Investment

Dolman, Ben

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1154910

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Migration, Trade and Investment

Productivity Commission, Canberra, Staff Working Paper

84 Pages Posted: 5 Jul 2008

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Ben Dolman

Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Productivity Commission

Date Written: February 2008

Abstract

By lowering the cost of trade between the country of residence and the country of birth, migrants appear to reduce trade with other countries, so that the overall effect on aggregate trade is small.

The effects of migrants on foreign direct investment appear to be different. Bilateral investment patterns show that migrants increase investment between their country of residence and country of birth, but there is no strong evidence that this is accompanied by a reduction of the stock of investment in other countries.

Keywords: Economic modelling, foreign investments

JEL Classification: F12, F21, F22

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Dolman, Ben, Migration, Trade and Investment (February 2008). Productivity Commission, Canberra, Staff Working Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1154910 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1154910