| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP16469
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| DP16469 Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab |
| Catia Batista; David McKenzie
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| 发表日期 | 2021-08-17
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| 出版年 | 2021
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | We test the predictions of different classic migration theories by using incentivized laboratory experiments to investigate how potential migrants decide between working in different destinations. We test theories of income maximization, migrant skill-selection, and multi-destination choice as we vary migration costs, liquidity constraints, risk, social benefits, and incomplete information. We show the standard income maximization model of migration with selection on observed and unobserved skills leads to a much higher migration rate and more negative skill-selection than is obtained when migration decisions take place under more realistic assumptions. Second, we investigate whether the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) assumption holds. We find it holds for most people when decisions just involve wages, costs, and liquidity constraints. However, once we add a risk of unemployment and incomplete information, IIA no longer holds for about 20 percent of our sample. |
| 主题 | Development Economics
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| 关键词 | Migrant selection
Destination choice
Lab experiment
Iia property
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16469
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545426
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Catia Batista,David McKenzie. DP16469 Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab. 2021.
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