A Note on Modelling Labour Migration in LDCs

Taking the family as the rural-to-urban migration decision-making unit, will the “expected-income migration model” accurately predict the level of migration? Consideration of two variables - desire for leisure, and a version to risk - serves to show that the expected-income model yields a systematic downward bias in the predicted level of rural-to-urban migration. Likely policy implications emanating from the incorporation of these variables in the migration decision are indicated.

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Year of publication:	1984
Authors:	Stark, Oded
Published in:	The Journal of Development Studies. - London : Routledge, ISSN 1743-9140. - Vol. 20.1984, 4, p. 318-322
Publisher:	London : Routledge
Subject:	Developing countries \| Rural-to-urban migration \| The family as a decision-making unit \| Desire for leisure \| Risk aversion \| Policy implications

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1080/00220388408421920 [DOI] hdl:10419/233977 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:espost:233977 [RePEc]
Classification:	D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; D19 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. Other ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; J20 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation. General ; J43 - Agricultural Labor Markets ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O21 - Planning Models; Planning Policy ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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