The Impact of Cross-Border Migration on FDI

• In Event: Political Economy of Migration

Brief Overview

We show that migration is a major driver of FDI. Both FDI exporters and importers benefit from both outward and inward migration, and existing migrant populations. GDP increases in both FDI and migration, controlled for separately or simultaneously.

Authors

• Mohammad Hani Salman AlQudah, KPMG Global Services

• Peter Gabor Szilagyi, EDHEC Business School