The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic
Toman Barsbai
(1)
,
Hillel Rapoport
(2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Andreas Steinmayr
(6)
,
Christoph Trebesch
(6, 7, 8)
Résumé
Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration wave that started in the late 1990s strongly affected electoral outcomes and political preferences in Moldova during the following decade, eventually contributing to the fall of the last Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasiexperimental context and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic
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Résumé |
en
Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration wave that started in the late 1990s strongly affected electoral outcomes and political preferences in Moldova during the following decade, eventually contributing to the fall of the last Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasiexperimental context and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia.
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Auteur(s) |
Toman Barsbai
1
, Hillel Rapoport
2, 3, 4, 5
, Andreas Steinmayr
6
, Christoph Trebesch
6, 7, 8
1
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
( 142116 )
- Hindenburgufer 66 D-24105 Kiel
- Allemagne
2
EUI -
European University Institute
( 169834 )
- Villa San Paolo, Via della Piazzuola 43, 50133 Florence
- Italie
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
Migration Policy Center
( 456014 )
- France
5
UP1 -
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
( 7550 )
- 12 place du Panthéon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
6
University of Munich
( 323810 )
- Allemagne
7
CESifo
( 21817 )
- Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Poschingerstraße 5, 81679 München
- Allemagne
8
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2017-07-01
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Volume |
9
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Numéro |
3
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Page/Identifiant |
36-69
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication électronique |
2017-07-01
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Référence interne |
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Mots-clés |
en
emigration, political institutions, elections, social networks, information transmission, cultural diffusion
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DOI | 10.1257/app.20150517 |
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