A theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid "social humiliation." In a general … equilibrium framework it is shown that as long as migration can reduce humiliation sufficiently, migration will occur even between … two identical economies. Migration increases the number of individuals who choose to perform degrading jobs and …

marginal utilities of income over the range of income a person possesses. We model migration from one reference group to … deprivation decreases while satisfaction rises with migration and that a weak incentive exists if the individual increases or … perplexing migratory phenomena, identify income inequality as a distinct explanatory variable of migration and establish an …

For nearly four decades now, the conventional wisdom has been that the migration of human capital (skilled workers … not hold. A well designed migration policy can result in a “brain gain” to the developing country rather than in just a …

also affected by inclinations. Given the probability of return migration, a behavioural link is established between the …

This paper develops a model of voluntary migration into degrading work. The essence of the model is a tension between …