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Migration, Diversity, and Economic Growth. A Replication Study of Bove and Elia (World Development, 2017)
Get PDFThis study examines the antecedents of Mobile banking (M-banking) app adoption, explores post-adoption effects, and tests the moderating effect of consumer status orientation on the relationship between adoption intention and its consequences. The conceptual model hypothesized 20 relationships, including 10 moderations. Hypotheses are tested using the structural equation modeling method (PLS-SEM) on a sample of 509 individuals. The results reveal that the main variables of 'users' rational perception, namely behavioral control and terminal security, significantly influence the intention to adopt the application, which in turn impact relationship quality and financial inclusion. However, hedonic expectations do not have a significant impact on the intention to adopt the application; the impact of culture in these relationships is further established; indeed, traditional and modern values moderate the impact of the intention to adopt the application on key post-adoption factors, financial inclusion, and relationship quality. The main recommendations and limitations of the research are discussed.A recent and well known paper, Bove and Elia (2017), argues that migrants' diversity, as captured by the indexes of both fractionalization and polarization, exerts a positive effect on GDP growth. In fact, by using the same dataset and methodology, we show that the impact of diversity cannot be distinguished from that of migration itself due to the very high correlation among the corresponding variables. Also, if one disentangles migration from diversity, following Alesina et al. (2016), only migration maintains a positive impact on growth while diversity, as captured by fractionalization, turns out to be weakly and positively associated with growth, but limitedly to the 1980-2010 time span. Polarization, on the other hand, does not seem to exert any effect on growth. The question as to whether diversity is more or less beneficial in terms of economic growth remains therefore an intriguing one, and calls for more theoretical and empirical analyses, possibly based on less (geographically) aggregated data
Migration, diversity, and economic growth. A replication study of Bove and Elia (World development, 2017)
Get PDFA recent and well known paper, Bove and Elia (2017), argues that migrants’ diversity, as capturedby the indexes of both fractionalization and polarization, exerts a positive effect on GDP growth. Infact, by using the same dataset and methodology, we show that the impact of diversity cannot bedistinguished from that of migration itself due to the very high correlation among the correspondingvariables. Also, if one disentangles migration from diversity, following Alesina et al. (2016), onlymigration maintains a positive impact on growth while diversity, as captured by fractionalization,turns out to be weakly and positively associated with growth, but limitedly to the 1980-2010 timespan. Polarization, on the other hand, does not seem to exert any effect on growth. The question as to whether diversity is more or less beneficial in terms of economic growth remains therefore an intriguing one, and calls for more theoretical and empirical analyses, possibly based on less (geographically) aggregated dat
The impact of corruption on migration flows. Evidence from Sub Saharan African countries
Get PDFThis paper investigates the effect of corruption on the migration flows from SSA countries to the OECD countries between 2000 and 2019. Fixed-effects and system GMM (generalized method of moments) estimation techniques are used to establish a relationship between emigration and corruption. The empirical results indicate that when corruption increases, migration flows also increase, where corruption is measured on a scale of 0 (not corrupt) to 100 (totally corrupt). Splitting the sample by income inequality suggests that increased inequality doesn't reduce the ability to emigrate. Indeed, below and above the threshold the results are the same. Finally, splitting the sample by corruption level suggests that a high level of corruption in the home country doesn't affect the migration decision
The impact of citizenship on intermarriage: evidence from Italy
No full textAcquiring citizenship is associated with better economic and social opportunities for immigrants. This paper examines how, in a country with a large fraction of migrants, marriage decisions respond to a change in the legal status of foreign residents. The variation in the relationship between citizenship status and the propensity for mixed marriages could be influenced by the dominance of either the assimilation hypothesis or the status exchange hypothesis. Using individual-level data from the populated municipality of Modena, Emilia- Romagna (Italy), we find that the assimilation hypothesis prevails: the more immigrants integrate into host countries, the more likely they are to marry natives. Specifically, our results show that acquiring citizenship not only increases the likelihood of marriage but also significantly boosts the formation of mixed couples
