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Emigration and democracy

Author:	Docquier, Frederic; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, Hillel; Schiff, Maurice;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5557
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2011/02/02
Document Date:	2011/02/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS5557	SubTopics:	International Migration; Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement; Economic Theory & Research; Human Migrations & Resettlements; Population Policies
Volume No:	1 of 1

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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