@article { , title = {Does emigration affect pro-environmental behaviour back home? A long-term, local-level perspective}, abstract = {This study provides novel evidence on the effects of emigration on pro-environmental behaviour back home. Focusing on the seven successor states of former Yugoslavia, I explore the relationship between people’s present-day pro-environmental action and the local-level intensity of a major guestworker emigration wave that occurred four decades earlier. I find that more intense local-level emigration is associated with a lower likelihood of pro-environmental action; the instrumental variable analysis supports the causal nature of this relationship. This finding supports the conjecture that emigration contributes to greater consumerism at home and therefore reduces pro-environmental behaviour. At the same time, controlling for the intensity of local-level emigration, a higher proportion of women in the local migrant population is associated with a greater likelihood of pro-environmental action. As women are generally more likely to undertake pro-environmental behaviour as well as transfer new norms and practices across borders, this finding supports the hypothesis that migration contributes to a cross-border transmission of pro-environmental norms and practices.}, doi = {10.1111/kykl.12257}, eissn = {1467-6435}, issn = {0023-5962}, issue = {1}, journal = {Kyklos}, pages = {48-76}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5423680}, volume = {74}, keyword = {Bristol Research in Economics}, year = {2021}, author = {Ivlevs, Artjoms} }