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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 …
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Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate … that young farmers (age 16-44) are not affected in their migration decisions by land loss through requisition, while some …
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. Climate change intensifies poverty and income inequality creating favorable conditions for urbanization and migration from low … migration of workers. For nearly all of the world's countries, our micro-founded model jointly endogenizes the effects of … ages) over the course of the 21st century. However, under current migration laws and policies, forcibly displaced people …
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willingness to take risks increase the probability of migration. On the other hand, the non-cognitive skills conscientiousness and …
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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 …
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channels for this relationship highlight the joint importance of demographic transition, education investment, and structural …
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We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large … be expected from further migration and urbanisation in China. …
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We examine sorting behavior across metropolitan areas by skill over individuals' life cycles. We show that high-skill workers disproportionately sort into high-amenity areas, but do so relatively early in life. Workers of all skill levels tend to move towards lower-amenity areas during their...
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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...
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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...
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