Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behavior
dc.contributor.author | Fidrmuc, Jan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Doyle, Orla | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-08-01T16:03:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-08-01T16:03:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-07-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:wdi:papers:2004-714 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/40100 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper utilizes a unique dataset on votes cast by Czech and Polish migrants in their recent national elections to investigate the impact of institutional, political and economic characteristics on migrants’ voting behavior. The political preferences of migrants are strikingly different from those of their domestic counterparts. In addition, there are also important differences among migrants living in different countries. This paper examines three alternative hypotheses to explain migrant voting behavior: adaptive learning; economic self-selection and political selfselection. The results of the analysis suggest that migrant voting behavior is affected by the institutional environment of the host countries, in particular the tradition of democracy and the extent of economic freedom. In contrast, there is little evidence that differences in migrants’ political attitudes are caused by self-selection based either on economic motives or political attitudes prior to migrating. These results are interpreted as indicating that migrants’ political preferences change in the wake of migration as they adapt to the norms and values prevailing in their surroundings. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 714 | en_US |
dc.subject | Voting, Elections, Migration, Political Resocialization, Transition | en_US |
dc.subject.other | J61, P26, P33, Z13 | en_US |
dc.title | Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behavior | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40100/3/wp714.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | William Davidson Institute (WDI) - Working Papers |
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