institutions. We improve and expand upon previous studies by (i) examining decade-long migration flows that (ii) include flows not … migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic … the information in zero value migration flows and (iv) examining not only total migration flows but also college …

substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The … literature investigates whether international migration can be an important factor for institutional development. Overall, the … findings indicate that emigration to institutionally developed countries induces a positive effect on home-country institutions. …

We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and … investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial … accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption inequality. The study shows that corruption is negatively, and that …