Emigration and democracy

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: FERDI Working Paper ; No. P155

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Institutions and Growth ; International Migration
• Subject: migration ; institutions ; democracy ; Development

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Docquier, Frédéric ; Lodigiani, Elisabetta ; Rapoport, Hillel ; Schiff, Maurice
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
• (where): Clermont-Ferrand
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/269436
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET