Published in:CESifo Working Paper Series ; No. 4389
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (57 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2327441
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 18, 2013 erstellt
Description:
Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration episode that started in the late 1990s strongly affected political preferences and electoral outcomes in Moldova during the following decade and was eventually instrumental in bringing down the last ruling Communist government in Europe. Our results are suggestive of information transmission and cultural diffusion channels. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context studied and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration was directed both to more democratic Western Europe and to less democratic Russia