Arbeitspapier
Emigration and democracy
International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the development literature. Using cross-sectional and panel estimation for a large sample of developing countries, we find that openness to emigration (as measured by the natives' average emigration rate) has a positive effect on home-country institutional development (as measured by standard democracy indices). The results are robust to a wide range of specifications and identification methods. Remarkably, the cross-sectional estimates are fully in line with the implied long-run relationship from dynamic panel regressions.Keywords: Migration; Institutions; Democracy; Development.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: FERDI Working Paper ; No. P155
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Wirtschaft
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Institutions and Growth
International Migration
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migration
institutions
democracy
Development
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Docquier, Frédéric
Lodigiani, Elisabetta
Rapoport, Hillel
Schiff, Maurice
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Veröffentlichung
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Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
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Clermont-Ferrand
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Docquier, Frédéric
- Lodigiani, Elisabetta
- Rapoport, Hillel
- Schiff, Maurice
- Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
Time of origin
- 2016