Emigration and Democracy

Docquier, Frédéric;Lodigiani, Elisabetta;Rapoport, Hillel;Schiff, Maurice
(2016) Journal of Development Economics — Vol. 120, p. 209-223 (2016)

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  • Docquier, FrédéricUCLouvain
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  • Lodigiani, ElisabettaCa' Foscari of Venice
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  • Rapoport, HillelUniversity Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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  • Schiff, MauriceInstitute for the Study of Labor
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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.
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Docquier, F., Lodigiani, E., Rapoport, H., & Schiff, M. (2016). Emigration and Democracy. Journal of Development Economics, 120, 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.12.001 (Original work published 2016)