Replication Data for: Globalization, Internal Migration, and Public Goods Provision in Emerging Economieshttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/E0BJIZHelms, BenjaminLim, JunghyunHarvard Dataverse2025-08-292025-08-29T18:34:58ZGlobalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for ``left behind" areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of global production - a costly activity not everyone can undertake. This selective out-migration creates demographic shifts in left-behind areas, weakening public goods provision. We test our argument in India, first documenting selective internal migration of advantaged groups. We then leverage the Indian IT export boom and explore its consequences for public goods provision. We find that the IT boom increased migration toward centers of production and away from left-behind localities. We also find that public goods provision was relatively weaker in unexposed localities, especially geographically distant ones. We identify migration as a mechanism through which globalization drives political change even in unexposed areas.Social SciencesGlobalizationInternal migrationPublic goods2025-08-29Helms, Benjamin2025-06-06Desai, Sonalde, Vanneman, Reeve, and National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-08-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22626.v12. <br></br> Desai, Sonalde, Vanneman, Reeve, and National Council of Applied Economic Research. India Human Development Survey-II (IHDS-II), 2011-12. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-08-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36151.v6. <br></br> National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Government of India. National Sample Survey on Employment, Unemployment, and Migration 2007-2008 (64th round). Delhi, India. Accessed via MOSPI National Data Archive. https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/117. <br></br> Shastry, Kartini. 2012. “Human Capital Response to Globalization: Education and Information Technology in India.” Journal of Human Resources, 47 (2): 287–330. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.2.287. <br></br> Center for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE). CapEx Database, 1999-2010. Mumbai, India. Accessed via CMIE website. https://capex.cmie.com/. <br></br> Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Economic Census (1998, 2005, and 2013). Delhi, India. Accessed via MOSPI National Data Archive. <br></br> - Fourth Economic Census: https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/56. <br></br> - Fifth Economic Census: https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/46. <br></br> - Sixth Economic Census: https://microdata.gov.in/NADA/index.php/catalog/47. <br></br> Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Government of India. Census of India, 1991, 2001, and 2011. Delhi, India. Accessed via website of the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables.This dataset is made available with limited information on how it can be used. You may wish to communicate with the Contact(s) specified before use.