Cai, Ruohong; Esipova, Neli; Oppenheimer, Michael; … - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
income. We instead use subjective well-being (SWB) to explain international migration desires, an expressed willingness to … migrate. We find that individuals with higher SWB have lower international migration desires. At the individual level, the SWB … indicates international migration desires for rich countries, while income performs better for poor countries. We thus …