We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on foreign...

This report examines key aspects of the European Union-China economic relationship, including trade, investment and China’s key strategic project overseas, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We conclude that China is, and will continue to be, a...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform the common Europea

Political trust matters for citizens’ policy preferences but existing research has not yet considered whether this effect depends on how policies are

Germany is world champion in exporting capital (“Exportweltmeister”). No other country invests larger amounts of savings outside its borders.

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on foreign...

Mario Monti, former Italian Prime Minister and former EU Commissioner for competition, has harshly criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron in his speech on the occasion of being awarded the Global Economy Prize 2016. He said to call a...

Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration episode that started in the late 1990s strongly affected political preferences and electoral...