Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Arbeitspapier

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and exports, and the study exploits heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries. The instrumented elasticity of export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter’s productivity growth is between 1.6 and 2.4 depending upon weighting. This provides an important contribution to the trade literature of Ricardian advantages, and it establishes a connection of migration to home country exports beyond bilateral networks.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6216

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Neoclassical Models of Trade ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economic Integration ; International Migration ; Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Thema: trade ; exports ; comparative advantage ; technological transfer ; patents ; innovation ; research and development ; immigration ; networks

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kerr, William R.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149303
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ