TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Batista, Catia
AU  - Vicente, Pedro C.
        TI  - Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
        PY  - 2010/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4688
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4688
        AB  - 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 better governance. Using data from a tailored household survey, we examine the determinants of voting behavior in our experiment, and isolate the positive effect of international emigration on the demand for political accountability. We find that this effect can be mainly attributed to the presence of return migrants, particularly to those who emigrated to countries with better governance.
        KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa
KW  - Cape Verde
KW  - institutions
KW  - effects of emigration in origin countries
KW  - political accountability
KW  - household survey
KW  - governance
KW  - international migration
        ER  -