Emigration and democracy

Frédéric Docquier; Elisabetta Lodigiani; Hillel Rapoport; Maurice Schiff

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.12.001

Emigration and democracy

Frédéric Docquier, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Hillel Rapoport, Maurice Schiff

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Abstract

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 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209 - 223
Journal	Journal of Development Economics
Volume	120
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.12.001
Publication status	Published - May 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Migration
Institutions
Democracy
Development

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