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Governmental stability and emigration in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of skills and gender

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  • Cristian Barra
  • Nazzareno Ruggiero
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Purpose - Using data for a set of 32 Sub-Saharan countries over the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, the paper investigates the effects of domestic governmental stability upon emigration and assesses whether education and gender shape the relationship. Design/methodology/approach - The paper adopts instrumental variable (IV) Poisson regressions and two-stage least squares (2SLS) as robustness tests. Findings - The paper suggests that increased governmental stability has a larger impact on the emigration of high-skilled individuals. Nevertheless, once emigrants are partitioned according to both education and gender, the authors find evidence of a larger impact of stability on the emigration of highly educated females. Research limitations/implications - The empirical findings may lack generalizability because of the chosen research approach. Then, researchers are encouraged to test the proposed propositions further. Practical implications - The paper includes implications that can be drawn for both the growth and the development of Sub-Saharan Africa. Originality/value - This paper fulfills an identified need to study how both education and gender shape the relationship between domestic governmental stability and emigration.

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  • Cristian Barra & Nazzareno Ruggiero, 2022. "Governmental stability and emigration in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of skills and gender," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 50(7), pages 1450-1466, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jespps:jes-04-2022-0219
    DOI: 10.1108/JES-04-2022-0219
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    Keywords

    International migration; Governmental stability; Education level; Gender role; D27; F22;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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