TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy
T2 - Evidence from a former Soviet Republic
AU - Barsbai, By Toman
AU - Rapoport, Hillel
AU - Steinmayr, Andreas
AU - Trebesch, Christoph
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration wave that started in the aftermath of the Russian crisis of1998 strongly affected electoral outcomes and political preferences in Moldova during the following decade, eventually contributing to the fall of the last Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia.
AB - Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration wave that started in the aftermath of the Russian crisis of1998 strongly affected electoral outcomes and political preferences in Moldova during the following decade, eventually contributing to the fall of the last Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021384743&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1257/app.20150517
DO - 10.1257/app.20150517
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AN - SCOPUS:85021384743
SN - 1945-7782
VL - 9
SP - 36
EP - 69
JO - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
JF - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IS - 3
ER -
