Do Foreign Remittances Promote Democracy? A Dynamic Panel Study of Developing Countries

MD. Rubel Islam and Kang-Kook Lee

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 2023, vol. 64, issue 1, 59-85

Abstract: The article examines the political aspect of remittances that receives very little attention in the current academic studies. By analyzing panel data from 156 countries with the system GMM, the study finds that remittances promote democracy in developing countries. Time trends analysis shows that remittances support democratic progress more substantially in recent periods since the surge of remittances after the 1990s. The study also finds that remittances accelerate the development of democracy in countries with favorable socioeconomic conditions and higher absorptive capacity. Finally, supporting the modernization hypothesis, the study provides evidence that remittances develop democracy by boosting economic development and human capital.

Keywords: foreign remittances; democracy; modernization; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F24 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.15057/hje.2023004

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