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A Field Study of Chinese Migrant Workers' Attitudes toward Risks, Strategic Uncertainty, and Competitiveness
Hao, Li; Houser, Daniel; Mao, Lei; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk …. Our results suggest that migration may be driven more by a stronger belief in one's ability to succeed in an uncertain and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884374
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Does Development Reduce Migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic … transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to … explain the mobility transition and numerous tests of its existence and characteristics in both macro- and micro-level data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959810
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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
roles “other people” play in influencing an individual’s potential migration decision. In analyzing the influence of others … on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703041
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International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566767
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Household Finances and the 'Big Five' Personality Traits
Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We explore the relationship between household finances and personality traits from an empirical perspective. Specifically, using individual level data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyse the influence of personality traits on financial decision-making at the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395435
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Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device
Kast, Felipe; Meier, Stephan; Pomeranz, Dina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
While commitment devices such as defaults and direct deposits from wages have been found to be highly effective to increase savings, they are unavailable to the millions of people worldwide who not have a formal wage bill. Self-help peer groups are an alternative commitment device that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646295
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Economic Choices and Status: Measuring Preferences for Income Rank
Mujcic, Redzo; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this paper we report on the trade-offs that 1,068 Australian university students make between absolute income and the rank of that income in hypothetical income distributions. We find that income rank matters independently of absolute income, with greater weight given to rank by males,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611330
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Regional Unemployment and its Persistence in Transition Countries
Bornhorst, Fabian; Commander, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761802
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The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior
Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and employment. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model, controlling for endogenous initial condition and unobserved heterogeneity, using a large representative Swedish panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762025
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Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates
Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566641