Migration and International Trade The US Experience Since 1945 |
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| Author:
| White, Roger |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84980-721-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $128.00 |
Book Description:
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Contents: 1. An Overview of the Immigrant-trade Relationship 2. What are the Channels through Which Immigrants Affect Trade? 3. Lessons from Prior Studies of the Immigrant-trade Link 4. A Brief History of US Immigration History 5. Primacy, Recency and the US Immigrant-trade Relationship 6. The Importance of Trade-facilitating Infrastructure 7. Cultural Distance between the US and Immigrants' Home Countries 8. Empirical Specification, Variable Construction and Data Sources 9....
More DescriptionContents: 1. An Overview of the Immigrant-trade Relationship 2. What are the Channels through Which Immigrants Affect Trade? 3. Lessons from Prior Studies of the Immigrant-trade Link 4. A Brief History of US Immigration History 5. Primacy, Recency and the US Immigrant-trade Relationship 6. The Importance of Trade-facilitating Infrastructure 7. Cultural Distance between the US and Immigrants' Home Countries 8. Empirical Specification, Variable Construction and Data Sources 9. Verification of the Immigrant-trade Link 10. Variation in the Immigrant-trade Link 11. Lessons for US Immigration Policy 12. Summing-up: Concluding Thoughts and Yet Unanswered Questions References