Table A5

Effects on Margins of trade of MENA countries – (Emigrants (Immigrants) to (from) Developed Countries)

OLSIV
All productsAll productsLow-tech productsMed-tech productsHigh-tech products
Intensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive marginIntensive marginExtensive margin
 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)
Emigrants 0.045 −0.001 0.080 −0.001 0.067 0.001 0.193 −0.004 0.182** 0.001
  [0.040] [0.001] [0.056] [0.002] [0.083] [0.004] [0.128] [0.003] [0.082] [0.002]
Immigrants0.042 −0.003* 0.310** 0.004 0.293 0.029 0.386* −0.002 0.459** 0.004 
 [0.072] [0.002] [0.132] [0.006] [0.185] [0.019] [0.214] [0.008] [0.212] [0.003] 
Previous Growth−0.418***−0.398***  −0.418***−0.401***  −0.373***−0.365***  −0.433***−0.422***  −0.430***−0.401***  
[0.020][0.018]  [0.019][0.017]  [0.029][0.025]  [0.026][0.021]  [0.034][0.028]  
Imports0.173***0.240***−0.002−0.0010.151***0.221***−0.002−0.0010.191***0.272***−0.011*−0.0030.1200.230***0.0010.0020.413***0.418***0.005**0.001
 [0.041][0.066][0.001][0.001][0.042][0.062][0.002][0.001][0.061][0.088][0.006][0.004][0.077][0.081][0.002][0.002][0.106][0.100][0.002][0.003]
Accumulated Exports−0.649***−0.660***0.0020.001−0.651***−0.655***0.003***0.002**−0.530***−0.535***0.0020.002−0.717***−0.716***0.004**0.003*−0.845***−0.905***0.0020.003
[0.090][0.074][0.001][0.001][0.086][0.072][0.001][0.001][0.064][0.062][0.002][0.002][0.104][0.090][0.002][0.002][0.163][0.136][0.003][0.002]
N17,96325,66920,60929,42817,01024,29619,69028,0624,4176,3605,1407,3585,2337,3346,0568,4951,8102,7682,2073,328
R20.2750.2550.0000.0000.2740.2570.0000.0010.2390.223−0.0020.0010.2950.2800.0010.0010.2990.2840.0030.002

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

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