@article{fdi:010062591,
  title = {{D}o return migrants transfer political norms to their origin country ? {E}vidence from {M}ali},
  author = {{C}hauvet, {L}isa and {M}ercier, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper explores the link between return migration and political outcomes in the origin country, using the case study of {M}ali. {W}e use electoral and census data at the locality level to investigate the role of return migration on participation rates and electoral competitiveness. {F}irst, we run {OLS} and {IV} estimations for the 2009 municipal election, controlling for current emigration and using historical and distance variables as instruments for return migration and current emigration. {S}econd, we build a panel dataset combining the 1998 and 2009 censuses and the electoral results for the municipal ballots of those two years to control for the potential time-invariant unobservable characteristics of the localities. {W}e find a positive impact of the stock of return migrants on participation rates and on electoral competitiveness, which mainly stems from returnees from non-{A}frican countries. {F}inally, we show that the impact of returnees on turnout goes beyond their own participation, and that they affect more electoral outcomes in areas where non-migrants are poorly educated, which we interpret as evidence of a diffusion of political norms from returnees to non-migrants.},
  keywords = {{R}eturn migration ; {E}lections ; {M}ali ; {N}orms transfer ; {MALI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {C}omparative {E}conomics},
  volume = {42},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {630--651},
  ISSN = {0147-5967},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jce.2014.01.001},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062591},
}