Remittances and the Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Macro and Micro Level Data

Type Working Paper - African Development Bank Group Working Paper
Title Remittances and the Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Macro and Micro Level Data
Author(s)
Issue 185
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
URL https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Working_Paper_185_-_Remittances_a​nd_the_Voter_Turnout_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa_-_Evidence_from_Macro_and_Micro_Level_Data.pdf
Abstract
Using both cross-country and individual
level African data, this paper demonstrates
that remittance inflows significantly lower
the propensity to vote during national
elections in Sub-Saharan Africa. This effect
is robust to empirical specifications aimed
at dealing with the endogeneity of
remittance inflows at both country and
household level data. This result adds to the
literature highlighting the potential
damaging effects of remittances on long
term development.

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