Does immigration impact institutions?

J. Clark, Robert Lawson, Alex Nowrasteh, Benjamin Powell () and Ryan Murphy ()

Public Choice, 2015, vol. 163, issue 3, 335 pages

Abstract: The economics literature generally finds a positive, but small, gain in income to native-born populations from immigrants and potentially large gains in world incomes. But immigrants can also impact a recipient nation’s institutions. A growing empirical literature supports the importance of strong private property rights, a rule of law, and an environment of economic freedom for promoting long-run prosperity. But little is known about how immigration impacts these institutions. This paper empirically examines how immigration impacts a nation’s policies and institutions. We find no evidence of negative and some evidence of positive impacts in institutional quality as a result of immigration. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Economic freedom; Immigration; Institutions; J1; J6; P1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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