Emigration and Democracy

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Frédéric Docquier

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); Université catholique de Louvain; Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); CREAM, Centre for Research on Environmental Appraisal & Management, UK; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Elisabetta Lodigiani

University of Milan; Ca Foscari University of Venice; University of Milan - Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano (LdA)

Hillel Rapoport

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Maurice Schiff

Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Date Written: October 11, 2015

Abstract

International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the development literature. Using cross-section and panel analysis for a large sample of developing countries, we find that openness to emigration (as measured by the natives’ average emigration rate) 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.

Keywords: Migration, Institutions, Democracy, Development

JEL Classification: O15, O43, F22

Suggested Citation

Docquier, Frédéric and Docquier, Frédéric and Lodigiani, Elisabetta and Lodigiani, Elisabetta and Rapoport, Hillel and Schiff, Maurice W., Emigration and Democracy (October 11, 2015). University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 31/WP/2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2675106 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2675106

Frédéric Docquier

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) ( email )

11, Porte des Sciences
Campus Belval – Maison des Sciences Humaines
Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4366
Luxembourg

Université catholique de Louvain ( email )

IRES
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Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348
Belgium

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Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) ( email )

11, Porte des Sciences
Campus Belval – Maison des Sciences Humaines
Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4366
Luxembourg

CREAM, Centre for Research on Environmental Appraisal & Management, UK

University of Newcastle
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
United States

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Elisabetta Lodigiani (Contact Author)

University of Milan ( email )

Via Festa del Perdono, 7
Milan, 20122
Italy

Ca Foscari University of Venice ( email )

Dorsoduro 3246
Venice, Veneto 30123
Italy

University of Milan - Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano (LdA)

Via P. Amedeo 34
Milano, Mi 20122
Italy

Hillel Rapoport

Paris School of Economics (PSE) ( email )

48 Boulevard Jourdan
Paris, 75014 75014
France

Maurice W. Schiff

Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )

Bonn
Germany

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