Date: 2014
Type: Working Paper
The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy : evidence from a former Soviet Republic
Working Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 2014/7980
MAHMOUD, Toman Omar, RAPOPORT, Hillel, STEINMAYR, Andreas, TREBESCH, Christoph, The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy : evidence from a former Soviet Republic, IZA Discussion Papers, 2014/7980 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39610
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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 and was eventually instrumental in bringing down the last ruling Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context studied 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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