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The Ties That Bind Migration is among the central domestic and global political issues of today.Yetthecausesandconsequences–andtherelationshipbetween migration and global markets – are poorly understood. Migration is bothcostlyandrisky,sowhydopeopledecidetomigrate?Whatarethe political,social,economic,andenvironmentalfactorsthatcausepeople to leave their homes and seek a better life elsewhere? Leblang and Helms argue that political factors – the ability to participate in the politicallifeofadestination–areasimportantaseconomicandsocial factors.Mostmigrantsdon’tcuttieswiththeirhomelandbutcontinue tobeengaged,botheconomicallyandpolitically.Migrantscontinueto serve as a conduit for information, helping drive investment to their homelands. The authors combine theory with a wealth of micro and macroevidencetodemonstratethatmigrationisn’tstatic,afterall,but continuouslyfluid. David Leblang is Ambassador Henry Taylor Professor of Politics and ProfessorofPublicPolicyattheUniversityofVirginia. Benjamin HelmsisPostdoctoralFellowattheInstituteforPoliticsand StrategyatCarnegieMellonUniversity. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press The Ties That Bind Immigration and the Global Political Economy DAVID LEBLANG UniversityofVirginia BENJAMIN HELMS CarnegieMellonUniversity Published online by Cambridge University Press ShaftesburyRoad,Cambridge8,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment, adepartmentoftheUniversityofCambridge. WesharetheUniversity’smissiontocontributetosocietythroughthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781009233224 :10.1017/9781009233248 ©DavidLeblangandBenjaminHelms2023 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisions ofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytake placewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment. Firstpublished2023 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData :Leblang,David,author.|Helms,Benjamin,1994–author. :Thetiesthatbind:immigrationandtheglobalpoliticaleconomy/DavidLeblang, BenjaminHelms. :Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2023.| Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. :2022022796(print)|2022022797(ebook)| 9781009233224(hardback)|9781009233279(paperback)| 9781009233248(epub) ::Emigrationandimmigration–Economicaspects.|Globalization.| BISAC:POLITICALSCIENCE/General :6217.432023(print)|6217(ebook)|304.8–dc23/ eng/20220729 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022022796 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022022797 978-1-009-23322-4Hardback 978-1-009-23327-9Paperback CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessmenthasnoresponsibilityforthepersistence oraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhis publicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwill remain,accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press To my mother, Susan, and the memory of my father, Larry D.L. To my mother, Janet, and my father, Clay B.H. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents List of Figures and Tables pageix Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction: Immigration and Globalization 1 2 Origins: WhyDo PeopleMigrate? 16 3 Destinations:WhereDo MigrantsGo? 58 4 DiasporaBonds:Global Migration and International Investment 91 5 Origin Statecraft: Remittancesand Diaspora Engagement 129 6 Destination Statecraft: Labor Market Policy and the Regulation of Migration 168 7 Conclusion: Migration and theFutureof Globalization 201 References 217 Index 249 vii Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Figures and Tables Figures 1.1: Trends inglobalmigration, 1960–2017. page 2 1.2: Global migration by corridor, 1960–2017. 7 1.3: Global financial flows to low- and middle-income countries, 1980–2018. 11 2.1: Potential emigration by region. 18 2.2: Aspiration-and-ability framework. 20 2.3: Potential emigration by educational attainment. 24 2.4: Emigration intentionsand plans by country. 32 2.5: Average public goods satisfactionscoreby country. 33 2.6 Average confidence innational institutions score by country. 34 2.7: Average safety perception score by country. 35 2.8: Political conditions and emigration intentions. 37 2.9: Political conditions, education, and emigration intentions. 39 3.1: Citizenship rightsacross OECD destination countries. 66 3.2: Radicalright-wing party support across OECD destination countries. 67 3.3: Trends inentrypolicy across OECD destination countries. 68 3.4: Political rightsandmigration flows to OECD destination countries. 71 3.5: Robustness of results across different sets of origin countries. 73 3.6: Interaction between political rights and bilateral distance. 74 4.1: Political institutions and investment. 93 4.2: Effect of migrantnetworks on portfolioinvestment for countrycorridors. 113 ix Published online by Cambridge University Press

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