To what extent does immigration affect the economic institutions in destination countries? While there is much evidence … that economic institutions in developed nations are either unaffected or improved after immigration, there is little … evidence of how immigration affects the economic institutions of developing countries that typically have weaker institutions …

Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period … markedly by job type. Survey participants report significantly more self-employment spells when the reference period is shorter …