Emigration and democracy

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Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled (skilled) emigration has a positive (ambiguous) impact on institutional quality. Simulations show an impact of skilled emigration that is generally positive, significant for a few countries in the short run and for many countries in the long run once incentive effects of emigration on human capital formation are accounted for.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CReAM Discussion Paper Series ; No. 02/11

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration
• Subject: Migration ; institutions ; democracy ; diaspora effects ; brain drain

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Docquier, Frederic ; Lodigiani, Elisabetta ; Rapoport, Hillel ; Schiff, Maurice
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
• (where): London
• (when): 2011

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