Migration and geopolitical preferences

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ID6358028
AuthorsRuxanda Berlinschi (0000-0002-8802-663X, KU Leuven, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume35
Issue2
Pages93-121
Publication date2019-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1060586x.2018.1548226
OpenAlexW2905512357
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited14

This paper investigates the impact of work experience abroad on migrants’ geopolitical preferences. For this purpose, I analyze representative survey data from Moldova, a country caught in an ideological battle between Russia and the West, with high emigration rates to both destinations. In a first step, I show that return migrants from the West are significantly more likely to support European Union (EU) accession than non-migrants, while return migrants from the East are more likely to support closer ties with Russia, controlling for economic, demographic, and ethnic confounding factors. In a second step, I use district-level variation in migrant networks as an instrument for individual migration. Second-stage regressions show that work experience in the West increases support for EU accession, while no evidence of causal effects is found for work experience in the East. Differences in information exposure and migration policies between the EU and Russia may explain this asymmetry

Accession · Battle · Demographic economics · Destinations · Development economics · Economics · Emigration · Ethnic group · Eurobarometer · European union · Geography · Geopolitics · Immigration · International economics · Political science · Politics · Tourism · Work (physics · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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