Want freedom, will travel: Emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality

Nejad, MN; Young, AT

Want freedom, will travel: Emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality

Nejad, MN Young, AT

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Publisher:: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, pp. 71-84
Issue Date:: 2016-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Nejad, MN
dc.contributor.author	Young, AT
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-18T23:48:22Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-18T23:48:22Z
dc.date.issued	2016-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, pp. 71-84
dc.identifier.issn	0176-2680
dc.identifier.issn	1873-5703
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/156364
dc.description.abstract	We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990–2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous studies by (i) examining decade-long migration flows that (ii) include flows not only to OECD countries but also to non-OECD countries, also (iii) utilizing an estimation method that takes into account the information in zero value migration flows and (iv) examining not only total migration flows but also college-educated and non-college-educated subsamples separately. We find that economic freedoms are a significant pull factor for potential migrants. Once economic freedoms are controlled for, measures of political institutions do not always enter significantly into our estimations. Results are similar for college- and non-college-educated subsamples. Improvements in legal systems and property rights appear to be the strongest pull factor for potential migrants.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Political Economy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.06.002
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.subject	1401 Economic Theory, 1402 Applied Economics, 1606 Political Science
dc.subject.classification	Economics
dc.title	Want freedom, will travel: Emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1606 Political Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
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Abstract:

We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990–2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous studies by (i) examining decade-long migration flows that (ii) include flows not only to OECD countries but also to non-OECD countries, also (iii) utilizing an estimation method that takes into account the information in zero value migration flows and (iv) examining not only total migration flows but also college-educated and non-college-educated subsamples separately. We find that economic freedoms are a significant pull factor for potential migrants. Once economic freedoms are controlled for, measures of political institutions do not always enter significantly into our estimations. Results are similar for college- and non-college-educated subsamples. Improvements in legal systems and property rights appear to be the strongest pull factor for potential migrants.

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