International trade and migrant networks: Is It really about qualifications?
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International trade and migrant networks: Is It really about qualifications?Date
2014Publisher
Universidad de ChileISSN
0304-2758; 0718-5286Type
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Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact ofmigrant networks on bilateral trade. While most of the attention has beenfocused on immigrants’ educational attainment, this paper focuses on ... [+]
Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact ofmigrant networks on bilateral trade. While most of the attention has beenfocused on immigrants’ educational attainment, this paper focuses on therelevance of the tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirmthat the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers with manage-rial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused bymigrant networks. [-]
Las características personales de los inmigrantes pueden reforzar el impacto delas redes de migrantes sobre el comercio bilateral. Si bien la mayor parte de laatención se ha puesto en el nivel educativo, este trabajo ... [+]
Las características personales de los inmigrantes pueden reforzar el impacto delas redes de migrantes sobre el comercio bilateral. Si bien la mayor parte de laatención se ha puesto en el nivel educativo, este trabajo destaca la relevanciade los puestos de trabajo ocupados por los inmigrantes. Nuestros resultadosconfirman que la presencia de un número importante de trabajadores nacidos en el extranjero ocupando puestos de gestión es fundamental para explicarla reducción en los costes de transacción mediante las redes de migrantes. [-]
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Estudios de Economía, 2014, vol. 41, nº 2, p. 251-260Rights
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