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The Age of Mass Migration : Economic and Institutional Determinants
Bertocchi, Graziella; Strozzi, Chiara - 2021
evaluate separately the impact of political institutions linked to democracy and suffrage and of those institutions more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317290
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Citizenship Laws and International Migration in Historical Perspective
Bertocchi, Graziella; Strozzi, Chiara - 2005
establishment of democracy, the welfare burden, cultural factors and colonial history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069173
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Do migrants improve governance at home? : evidence from a voting experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability. In order to examine this question, we use a simple postcard voting experiment designed to capture the population’s desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934092
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Climate Change, Migration and Voice : An Explanation for the Immobility Paradox
Beine, Michel A. R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861312
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Climate Change, Migration and Voice : An Explanation for the Immobility Paradox
Beine, Michel A. R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861443
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Climate change, migration and voice : an explanation for the immobility paradox
Beine, Michel; Noy, Ilan; Parsons, Christopher R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064235
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Climate change, migration and voice : an explanation for the immobility paradox
Beine, Michel; Noy, Ilan; Parsons, Christopher R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119221
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Democracy and the labor share of income : a cross-country analysis
Guerriero, Marta - 2019
using a dataset of 112 countries over the period 1970-2015. Our empirical analysis shows that democracy allows workers to … appropriate a higher share of national income. The evidence is robust to different indices of democracy and different periods of … recent global decline in the labor income share and current crisis of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964259
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Introduction, Free to Move : Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom
Somin, Ilya - 2020
Ballot box voting is often considered the essence of political freedom. But it has two major shortcomings: individual voters have little chance of making a difference, and they also face strong incentives to remain ignorant about the issues at stake. "Voting with your feet," however, avoids both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830789
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Migration and Institutional Development
Peng, Baochun - 2009
This paper argues that migration could trigger institutional development in the sending country. It is shown that the existence of rent-seeking institutions not only hinders the adoption of a more efficient technology, it also reinforces itself; while the possibility of migrating to a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014046330