International trade, intellectual property rights and the (un)employment of migrants

Bibliographic Data

ID21543363
AuthorsLucas Guichard (Luxembourg Institute of Socio‐Economic Research (LISER) Esch‐sur‐Alzette Luxembourg), Ignat Stepanok (0000-0001-7853-5927, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Nuremberg Germany, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume46
Issue7
Pages1940-1966
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-5920 • E-ISSN: 1467-9701
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/twec.13396
OpenAlexW3196120970
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

We study the effect of trade liberalisation and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on the unemployment rate of migrants relative to nonmigrants. We build a North–South trade and growth model with a positive steady state rate of migration. We find that bilateral trade liberalisation decreases the relative unemployment rate of migrants when migration is low and increases the relative unemployment rate when the migration rate is high. The results do not rely on assumptions about network effects, the probability to find a job for a migrant is independent of the relative size of the migrant diaspora. IPR protection leads to a higher relative unemployment rate of migrants regardless of the size of migration. We provide suggestive empirical evidence in line with the theoretical predictions on trade liberalisation and IPR protection using data for 20 OECD countries over the period 2000–2014

Demographic economics · Diaspora · Economics · Emigration · Geography · International economics · International trade · Labour economics · Liberalization · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Unemployment · Unemployment rate · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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