Replication Data for: "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa" (doi:10.7910/DVN/SWSY7T)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/SWSY7T

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2020-07-21

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Bibliographic Citation:

Wellman, Elizabeth Iams, 2020, "Replication Data for: "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SWSY7T, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ffud3zrYcYltzGl62eKsuA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/SWSY7T

Authoring Entity:

Wellman, Elizabeth Iams (Princeton University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Wellman, Elizabeth

Depositor:

Wellman, Elizabeth Iams

Date of Deposit:

2020-07-21

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SWSY7T

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Election, Migration, Diaspora, Africa

Abstract:

Since 1990, nearly 100 countries extended voting rights to citizens living abroad, including 32 in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the actual ability for emigrants to vote in subsequent elections varies widely. Whereas others view diaspora enfranchisement as a signal to emigrant and international audiences, I argue that incumbent parties expand or restrict emigrant voter access depending on party perceptions of political support abroad. I first leverage the multiple reversals over emigrant inclusion in South African elections since 1994 to illuminate how changing dynamics between an incumbent party and citizens abroad shape emigrant voter access. I further test my argument with an original dataset covering multiple dimensions of external voting in every African election where emigrants had voting rights from 1990 to 2015. I find a robust relationship between emigrant voter access and diaspora support for the incumbent party.

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Citation

Title:

Wellman, Elizabeth Iams. "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa." American Political Science Review, forthcoming.

Bibliographic Citation:

Wellman, Elizabeth Iams. "Emigrant Inclusion in Home Country Elections: Theory and Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa." American Political Science Review, forthcoming.

File Description--f3987515

File: Wellman_APSR_base.tab

Number of cases: 141
No. of variables per record: 11
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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File Description--f3987517

File: Wellman_Maps_Base.tab

Number of cases: 1514
No. of variables per record: 7
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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File Description--f3987512

File: z_leblang_diaspora.tab

Number of cases: 5498
No. of variables per record: 5
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Variable Description

List of Variables:

stateid
ccode
country - Country Name
electionid - ElectionID (NELDA v5)
year - Year
types - Election Types (NELDA v5)
Ext_voting - Evidence of External Voting
Dias_Support - Diaspora Support
Polls - Polling station access
ID_access - Voter ID access
Rec_Near_Imp - Recent Nearby Implementation
wdicode - wdicode
country - country_name
year - year
evrr1 - external voting adopted (EVRR2020)
evrr2 - external voting implemented (EVRR2020)
un_region
stateid
wdicode - ISO3 alphanumeric
year
diaspora
country - countryname
stateid

Variables

stateid

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Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:LHiIA/SoAqnRULvxfhGV7g==

ccode

f3987515 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 581.0; StDev 54.33761769770368; Min. 402.0; Valid 141.0; Mean 472.4397163120567

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bO5sERa3+WVnL9xwG2KVVg==

Country Name

f3987515 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:6dX+3H/CL1HHYL0ZH6Bifg==

ElectionID (NELDA v5)

f3987515 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:yrP1pF9wrb1R8/OLgoSyrA==

Year

f3987515 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 7.168920029337154; Max. 2015.0; Min. 1991.0; Valid 141.0; Mean 2004.709219858156;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:94zRNWl6RelT0st8UtBuiA==

Election Types (NELDA v5)

f3987515 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:WPaIoPM+FsNnmD30/e88Jw==

Evidence of External Voting

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Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.6343283582089553; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4834251973629472; Valid 134.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ZgVC9bWxm8AmSBKgzbmQrA==

Diaspora Support

f3987515 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
2.	Diaspora Supports Incumbent	28
1.	Diaspora Support Uncertain	84
0.	Diaspora Does Not Support	29

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.6380377720649153; Mean 0.9929078014184397; Max. 2.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 141.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qbuGCSRWRqp+kWa3GNj0xA==

Polling station access

f3987515 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.0070921985815602; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.8237237218935308; Max. 2.0; Valid 141.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mJLotOkxSYHFmNqXXbTrQQ==

Voter ID access

f3987515 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 3.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 115.0; Mean 1.2347826086956517; StDev 1.157208034357958

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pIrlXpBd8i5cdruuFcs6bQ==

Recent Nearby Implementation

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Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4107225451792746; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.2127659574468085; Min. 0.0; Valid 141.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:clsPdy4OHJ7hctEWig8Anw==

wdicode

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Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:hEbVJwr46b5kJ0UYsbkdQA==

country_name

f3987517 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:A+cNbWke7rPMTfSXqcL3Sw==

year

f3987517 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2017.0; StDev 8.081888151754933; Min. 1990.0; Valid 1514.0; Mean 2003.4980184940555;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:uByed89/e9oTyQxZ7XnE8w==

external voting adopted (EVRR2020)

f3987517 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.44556451612903075; StDev 0.497195041289659; Valid 1488.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KKZY88l9G7KolD3M0rqG1w==

external voting implemented (EVRR2020)

f3987517 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 1405.0; StDev 0.4338838714195232; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.2512455516014234

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3YsZimkGrTb5IpFWfqXRYA==

un_region

f3987517 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1490.0; StDev 2.416594889014099; Max. 18.0; Min. 11.0; Mean 14.094630872483226

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:BykjDe4A0MKkcTr1hwafwg==

stateid

f3987517 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:NBx/A0QhhtnkVyJtGxirgw==

ISO3 alphanumeric

f3987512 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gIP3YCBzlprJRqIw9gsNfg==

year

f3987512 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 5498.0; Mean 1995.5045471080393; Max. 2010.0; StDev 8.655498927979195; Min. 1981.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GRqXAZQxNySrZ0jltBDPdg==

diaspora

f3987512 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.323831E7; Mean 790754.674427132; Min. 114.0; StDev 1509148.7908604306; Valid 5455.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:XJfs/0Y8+aY9YLPLzsquRw==

countryname

f3987512 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:zV6SWCkyuLTQmCKldzHJRg==

stateid

f3987512 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:426G6tNRq/3kpSiuFzLAEQ==

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