Bove, V., Efthyvoulou, G. orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-0350 and Pickard, H. (2020) Government ideology and international migration. Working Paper. Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series, 2020004 . Department of Economics, University of Sheffield , Sheffield, UK. ISSN 1749-8368
Abstract
We provide the first empirical evidence that differences in government ideology play an important role in the choice of cross-border migration destinations. In absence of first-hand experience, immigrants rely on information about the political landscape of the origin and host countries to form expectations about the context of reception in the host society. We use data on bilateral migration and government ideology for 36 OECD countries between 1990 and 2016. Our analysis shows that bilateral migration flows are higher when the government at the destination is more left-wing than the government at the origin, especially when we consider proximate countries.
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Item Type: | Monograph |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s). For reuse permissions, please contact the Author(s). |
Keywords: | international migration; migration choice; government ideology; OECD countries |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2020 14:03 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2022 16:24 |
Published Version: | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/11970/download |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Sheffield |
Series Name: | Sheffield Economic Research Paper Series |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160463 |