Migrants' Home Town Associations and Local Development in Mali

被引：12

作者：

Chauvet, Lisa ^{[1
]}

Gubert, Flore ^{[1
]}

Mercier, Marion ^{[2
]}

Mesple-Somps, Sandrine ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Paris 09, PSL, IRD, UMR DIAL, FR-75010 Paris, France

[2] Paris Sch Econ, FR-75014 Paris, France

来源：

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 117卷 / 02期

关键词：

Home Town Associations; Mali; migration; public goods; F22; H41; H75; O55;

D O I：

10.1111/sjoe.12100

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We explore the impact of migrants' Home Town Associations (HTAs) on the provision of public goods in Mali. We combine an original dataset on all the HTAs created by Malian migrants in France from 1981 with census data on public goods in all Malian villages since 1976, and we run double-difference estimations to compare villages with and without an HTA, before and after the creation of the HTAs. We find robust evidence that the provision of schools, health centers, and, to a lesser extent, water amenities has increased significantly faster in villages targeted by an HTA between 1987 and 2009 than in control villages.

引用

页码：686 / 722

页数：37

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