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The impact of urbanisation on political preferences: evidence from Mozambique
| Resumo: | Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanising faster than any other region in the world, with a significant impact on economic growth. However, there are forces against urbanisation. Ruling political parties with their traditional strongholds in the countryside resist rural-urban migration. Using baseline survey data of 3,648 migrants who moved to an urban area in Mozambique, I find evidence that migrants living in urban areas for a longer time change their voting behaviour in favour of opposition parties and become more critical of the current government. These findings assist policymakers to understand the political economy of urbanisation to implement more effective and politically viable policies. |
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| Autores principais: | Nixdorff, Constantin Friedrich |
| Assunto: | Migration Urbanisation Political preferences Voting behaviour Sub-Saharan Africa Mozambique |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanising faster than any other region in the world, with a significant impact on economic growth. However, there are forces against urbanisation. Ruling political parties with their traditional strongholds in the countryside resist rural-urban migration. Using baseline survey data of 3,648 migrants who moved to an urban area in Mozambique, I find evidence that migrants living in urban areas for a longer time change their voting behaviour in favour of opposition parties and become more critical of the current government. These findings assist policymakers to understand the political economy of urbanisation to implement more effective and politically viable policies. |
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