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Trade promotion effect of international migration : evidence from Belgium
Bignandi, Sousso 
Promotor(s) :
Artige, Lionel
Date of defense : 27-Aug-2018/12-Sep-2018 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/5829
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| Title : | Trade promotion effect of international migration : evidence from Belgium |
| Author : | Bignandi, Sousso
|
| Date of defense : | 27-Aug-2018/12-Sep-2018 |
| Advisor(s) : | Artige, Lionel
|
| Committee's member(s) : | Marfouk, Abdeslam
Scheewel, Hendrik
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| Language : | English |
| Number of pages : | 51 |
| Keywords : | [en] international migration, [en] bilateral trade [en] gravity [en] ethnic networks [en] instrumental variable [en] Belgium |
| Discipline(s) : | Business & economic sciences > International economics |
| Target public : | Researchers Professionals of domain |
| Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
| Degree: | Master en sciences économiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en Economics and Society |
| Faculty: | Master thesis of the HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège |
Abstract
[en] In this paper we investigate the causal effect of international migration on trade flows, using
panel data on bilateral trade flows and immigrants in Belgian regions between 2005 and 2016.
After controlling for a wide set of fixed effects, we find a positive effect of immigrant stocks
on Belgian region’s bilateral trade; this effect being stronger for imports than for exports.
However, this effect is mainly due to immigrants from non-EU countries. These results are in
line with the literature. Using an instrumental variable approach based on migration enclaves,
we were able to confirm our findings and also interpret the effect of immigration on Belgian
region’s bilateral trade as a causal effect.
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