Replication Data for: Globalization, Internal Migration, and Public Goods Provision in Emerging Economies

Globalization 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.