Résumé
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.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Pages (de - à) | 209 - 223 |
journal | Journal of Development Economics |
Volume | 120 |
Les DOIs | |
état | Publié - mai 2016 |
Modification externe | Oui |
mots-clés
- migration
- democracy
- development