2013/06/19 by Michel Beine, Khalid Sekkat · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Economic Policies and Impacts #Emigration #Economics #Demographic economics #Quality (philosophy) #Developing country #Labour economics #Political science #Economic growth
paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/2193-9039-2-9
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Abstract Abstract We examine two impacts of international emigration on the evolution of the institutions in the origin countries. The first impact concerns the influence of emigration per se (i.e. people who left the country can voice more or less from abroad). The second impact relates to the transfer of the norms of the host country to the home country. The existence of both impacts is confirmed using different indicators of institutional quality. The effects appear stronger when skilled emigration is considered. The main conclusions are robust to alternative econometric methods and to the use of subsamples involving developing countries only. JEL codes F22, J24, J61, J64.