Contract Enforcement and Migration

• Ana Cuadros ^[1] ; Andrew Myburgh ^[2] ; Jordi Paniagua ^[3]
  1. [1] Universitat Jaume I

     Universitat Jaume I

     Castellón, España

     
  2. [2] The World Bank Group
  3. [3] University of Valencia (Spain). Kellog Institute, University of Notre Dame (USA)

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• Localización: Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía, ISSN 0019-977X, ISSN-e 2340-8790, Nº 943, 2026 (Ejemplar dedicado a: MIGRACIÓN: OPORTUNIDADES Y DESAFÍOS), págs. 91-103
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.32796/ice.2026.943.7981
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Ejecución de contratos y migración
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  • español

    Este artículo analiza cómo una mayor ejecución transfronteriza de contratos afecta a la migración internacional. Utilizamos la ratificación de la Convención de Nueva York como indicador de una mejor ejecución de laudos arbitrales extranjeros. Con datos bilaterales de migración para 1946-2011 y modelos Poisson, encontramos que la ratificación incrementa significativamente las entradas migratorias, especialmente entre las mujeres. En los hombres, el efecto solo aparece en países en desarrollo. En las mujeres, es positivo tanto en países desarrollados como en desarrollo, y más fuerte en estos últimos. En conjunto, las instituciones de ejecución contractual desempeñan un papel importante en la configuración de los flujos migratorios.

  • English

    This paper studies how stronger cross-border contract enforcement affects international migration. We use countries’ ratification of the New York Convention as a proxy for better enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Using bilateral migration data for 1946-2011 and Poisson models, we find that ratification significantly increases migration inflows, especially for women. For men, the effect appears only in developing countries. For women, it is positive in both developed and developing countries, and stronger in the latter. Overall, contract-enforcement institutions play an important role in shaping migration flows

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