Table 7

Effects on Margins of trade of MENA countries including the FDI – (Emigrants (Immigrants) to (from) EU)

All productsLow-tech productsMed-tech productsHigh-tech products
Intensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive margin
 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
Emigrants 0.020 −0.005 0.169* −0.028*** −0.041 0.004 −0.087 −0.004
  [0.090] [0.004] [0.091] [0.009] [0.232] [0.009] [0.109] [0.003]
Immigrants0.275* 0.004 0.256* −0.016 0.796* 0.011 0.129 −0.005 
 [0.149] [0.009] [0.144] [0.011] [0.446] [0.010] [0.282] [0.006] 
Previous growth−0.418***−0.403***  −0.410***−0.380***  −0.417***−0.418***  −0.431***−0.417***  
[0.019][0.018]  [0.029][0.025]  [0.021][0.022]  [0.062][0.041]  
Imports0.094*0.047−0.002−0.0010.220***0.061−0.008−0.0040.269***0.178*−0.001−0.0020.286*0.1520.0030.002
 [0.049][0.049][0.003][0.002][0.080][0.089][0.008][0.006][0.083][0.095][0.004][0.003][0.155][0.137][0.004][0.003]
Accumulated exports−0.711***−0.656***0.006**0.004**−0.593***−0.514***0.008*0.004−0.823***−0.751***0.0020.003−0.978***−0.896***0.0040.002
[0.120][0.091][0.003][0.002][0.129][0.093][0.004][0.003][0.142][0.116][0.003][0.002][0.123][0.123][0.004][0.003]
FDI−0.0420.030−0.0030.000−0.100−0.065−0.005*0.001−0.2120.066−0.010***−0.0050.0670.167***0.0010.001
[0.078][0.070][0.002][0.002][0.110][0.079][0.003][0.002][0.130][0.101][0.003][0.003][0.069][0.053][0.002][0.001]
N8,88513,65510,11615,42520663,5182,3643,9292,9864,5383,4175,1829191,4291,0521,640
R20.3270.3170.0010.0010.3180.3050.006−0.0010.3410.3440.0050.0020.3650.3670.0060.004
KP F Stat51.7291.0564.2297.1653.0649.182.0958.349.3656.7650.7758.6934.53178.4128.13181.64

Note(s): All the specifications include country-by-year and product-by-year FE. SE clustered at the country level in brackets. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01

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