Tales of Migration without Wage Differentials: Individual, Family, and Community Contexts

By means of examples that pertain to individual, family, and community contexts, it is shown that migration between locations is compatible with a zero expected net earnings differential between locations. The examples give rise to testable predictions that differ sharply from the predictions that emanate from a standard postulate of earnings differential.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Stark, Oded
Published in:	Institutions and Economic Development. - Milan : FrancoAngeli, ISSN 1971-8500. - 2003, 2, p. 79-92
Publisher:	Milan : FrancoAngeli
Subject:	Individual context \| Family context \| Community context \| A zero expected net earnings differential between regions \| Testable predictions \| Limitations of conventional policies \| New policy instruments \| Preference formation \| Migration preferences \| Marriage and migration \| Relative deprivation \| Individual and community decision-making

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/233513 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:espost:233513 [RePEc]
Classification:	D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; D14 - Personal Finance ; d15 ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J26 - Retirement; Retirement Policies ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; O10 - Economic Development. General ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
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