Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows

34 Pages Posted: 26 Apr 2017

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Maurice Kugler

IMPAQ International LLC

Oren Levintal

Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah

Hillel Rapoport

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Date Written: April 25, 2017

Abstract

Migration facilitates the flow of information between countries, thereby reducing informational frictions that potentially hamper cross-country financial flows. Using a gravity model, migration is found to be highly correlated with financial flows from the migrant's host country to her home country. The correlation is strongest where information problems are more acute (e.g., between culturally more distant countries), for asset types that are more informational sensitive, and for the type of migrants that are most able to enhance the flow of information on their home countries, namely, skilled migrants. These differential effects are interpreted as evidence for the role of migration in reducing information frictions between countries.

Suggested Citation

Kugler, Maurice and Levintal, Oren and Rapoport, Hillel, Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows (April 25, 2017). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8034, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2958536

Maurice Kugler (Contact Author)

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Oren Levintal

Reichman University - Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliyah ( email )

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Israel

Hillel Rapoport

Paris School of Economics (PSE) ( email )

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France

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