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International labour migration and people’s views towards economic and political systems in transition countries

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  • Daichi Yamada
  • Masato Hiwatari

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During the 30 years of transition from communist regimes, the people’s views towards transition have varied from support to opposition. We empirically examine the influences of international labour migration on these views, using the survey data covering 28 transition countries in Europe and the former Soviet Union area and three points of time, 2006, 2010 and 2016, based on multivariate regression models. Our main findings are twofold. (I) Labour emigration to Western Europe increased people’s support for a market economy and democracy over a planned economy and authoritarian government, albeit a less robust result for democracy. This suggests the role of social remittances – migrants transmit their experiences and promote the support for transition among people remaining in the home countries. (II) However, immigrant inflows reduced these support, suggesting that the economic and cultural conflicts with immigrants made people sceptic towards liberal policies or nostalgic towards the communist era.

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  • Daichi Yamada & Masato Hiwatari, 2023. "International labour migration and people’s views towards economic and political systems in transition countries," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(5), pages 475-495, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pocoec:v:35:y:2023:i:5:p:475-495
    DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2023.2196867
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