Emigration and Democracy

Emigration and Democracy

Migration is an important yet neglected determinant of institutions. This paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. Th...

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Main Authors: Docquier, Frederic, Lodigiani, Elisabetta, Rapoport, Hillel, Schiff, Maurice
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AVERAGE EMIGRATION
BENCHMARK
BILATERAL TRADE
BORDERS
BRAIN DRAIN
BRAIN GAIN
BULLETIN
CENSUS DATA
CITIZENS
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIASPORA
DOMESTIC POLITICS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RELATIONS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED MIGRANTS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
EFFECTS OF EMIGRATION
ELASTICITY
EMIGRANTS
EMIGRATION
EMIGRATION DATA
EMIGRATION RATE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUATIONS
ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
EXPECTED RETURN
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
FOREIGN STUDENTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH MODELS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT LINKS
IMMIGRATION
INCENTIVE EFFECTS
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOW FERTILITY
MIGRANT
MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MIGRATION DATA
MIGRATIONS
MINORITY
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL POLITICS
PEACE
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION SIZE
PROGRESS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECENT IMMIGRANTS
REFUGEE
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
RETURN MIGRATION
RULE OF LAW
SAFETY NET
SKILL COMPOSITION
SKILL LEVELS
SKILLED HUMAN CAPITAL
SKILLED LABOR
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SKILLED MIGRATION
SKILLED WORKERS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SPILLOVER
TERTIARY EDUCATION
UNSKILLED MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
WAR
WARS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110202083029
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3327
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Summary:Migration is an important yet neglected determinant of institutions. This paper documents the channels through which emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries. The authors find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled (skilled) emigration has a positive (ambiguous) impact on institutional quality. Simulations show an impact of skilled emigration that is generally positive, significant for a few countries and for many countries once incentive effects of emigration on human capital formation are accounted for.

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