Emigration and democracy

Frédéric Docquier; Elisabetta Lodigiani; Hillel Rapoport; Maurice Schiff

doi: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
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Development Economics
Volume	120
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.12.001
State	Published - 1 May 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Democracy
Development
Institutions
Migration

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