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| Title: | | Do migrants improve governance at home? Evidence from a voting experiment  |
| Authors: | | Batista, Cátia Vicente, Pedro C. |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 4688 |
| Abstract: | | This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the population's desire for better governance. Using data from a tailored household survey, we examine the determinants of voting behavior in our experiment, and isolate the positive effect of international emigration on the demand for political accountability. We find that this effect can be mainly attributed to the presence of return migrants, particularly to those who emigrated to countries with better governance. |
| Subjects: | | International migration governance political accountability institutions effects of emigration in origin countries household survey Cape Verde Sub-Saharan Africa |
| JEL: | | F22 O12 O15 O43 P16 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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