Migrants' Home Town Associations and Local Development in Mali

We explore the impact of migrants' Home Town Associations (HTAs) on the provision of public goods in Mali. We combine an original dataset on all the HTAs created by Malian migrants in France from 1981 with census data on public goods in all Malian villages since 1976, and we run double-differen...

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Published in:The Scandinavian journal of economics 2015-04, Vol.117 (2), p.686-722
Main Authors: Chauvet, Lisa, Gubert, Flore, Mercier, Marion, Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community development
Economics and Finance
F22
H41
H75
Health centres
Home Town Associations
Humanities and Social Sciences
Impact analysis
Mali
Migrants
migration
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Noncitizens
O55
Public finance
Public goods
Public services
Quantitative Finance
Schools
Studies
Villages
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Summary:We explore the impact of migrants' Home Town Associations (HTAs) on the provision of public goods in Mali. We combine an original dataset on all the HTAs created by Malian migrants in France from 1981 with census data on public goods in all Malian villages since 1976, and we run double-difference estimations to compare villages with and without an HTA, before and after the creation of the HTAs. We find robust evidence that the provision of schools, health centers, and, to a lesser extent, water amenities has increased significantly faster in villages targeted by an HTA between 1987 and 2009 than in control villages.
ISSN:0347-0520
1467-9442
DOI:10.1111/sjoe.12100