Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment

Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment

Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? A behavioral measure of the population's desire for better governance was designed to examine this question. A postcard was distributed to households promising that if enough post...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Batista, Catia, Vicente, Pedro C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
brain drain
citizens
countries of origin
democracy
developing countries
economic freedom
economic growth
family structure
Global Poverty
human capital
international migration
international trade
local authorities
migrant
Migrants
political change
public services
remittances
return migration
Social Research
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13465

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13465

Similar Items