Moldova, we show that the emigration episode that started in the late 1990s strongly affected political preferences and …. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context studied and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration …

skill endowments on wages, employment rates and emigration rates of skilled and unskilled workers. We find that, depending …

-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from … skilled emigration, the evidence base on many of these is very limited. Moreover, the lessons from case studies of benefits to … China and India from skilled emigration may not be relevant to much smaller countries. This paper presents the results of …

emigration affects home country institutions and considers dynamic-panel regressions for a large sample of developing countries …. We 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 …