International migrants are widely recognised as agents of institutional change in their home countries. However, the … country's diaspora constitutes one of the four principal channels through which international migration may alter development … numbers to measure the diaspora size, we calculate institutional-quality-adjusted immigrant stocks to allow for variations in …

This review article surveys the recent economic literature on diaspora networks, globalization, and development … global economy. I first review the effect of diaspora networks on core globalization outcomes such as trade, foreign … diaspora, investigating the impact of emigration on the formation of political attitudes, fertility behavior, and other aspects …

externality. This paper reviews the recent economic literature on diaspora networks and development from the perspective of the … global South. It is split into two parts: a first section reviews the effect of diaspora networks on trade, foreign … the diaspora, investigating on a macro-level the role of migration in cultural convergence across countries and on a micro …

What is the role of international migrants and, specifically, migrant networks in shaping political attitudes and … migrants and by other individuals in their networks. To test this hypothesis, we use detailed data on different migrant … of migrants an individual is in close contact with via regular chatting significantly increases political participation …

individuals without such connections within the same region. Using individual-level data on connectedness from the Gallup World …

this "diaspora capital". …

to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain majority of the variability of migration … the large proportion of zeros and endogeneity problems. -- Migration ; self-selection ; network/diaspora externalities …

how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …